#D9CB44#D9CB44

#D9CB44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.151 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB44
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -10.35, 65.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 66.66, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0348 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.151 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0167, 57.8830, 13.9530)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB44 #4452D9

analogous

#D98044 #D9CB44 #9DD944

triadic

#D9CB44 #44D9CB #CB44D9

tetradic

#D9CB44 #44D980 #4452D9 #D9449D

square

#D9CB44 #44D980 #4452D9 #D9449D

split-complementary

#D9CB44 #449DD9 #8044D9

monochromatic

#877D1B #BAAC26 #D9CB44 #E3D977 #EEE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#D9CB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB44

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB44	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.151 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da80',
    500: '#d9cb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb44;
$custom-light: #e8da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 66.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82985,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB44

secondary

#343C8D

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB44

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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