#D9CB46#D9CB46

#D9CB46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.150 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB46
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 70)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -10.25, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 65.89, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.0343 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.15 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0788, 57.9078, 14.2799)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB46 #4654D9

analogous

#D98246 #D9CB46 #9ED946

triadic

#D9CB46 #46D9CB #CB46D9

tetradic

#D9CB46 #46D982 #4654D9 #D9469E

square

#D9CB46 #46D982 #4654D9 #D9469E

split-complementary

#D9CB46 #469ED9 #8246D9

monochromatic

#897E1C #BBAD26 #D9CB46 #E3D979 #EEE8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#D9CB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB46

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB46	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)

#DDC433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.150 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da81',
    500: '#d9cb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb46;
$custom-light: #e8da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 65.919,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB46

secondary

#353D8F

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB46

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

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