#D9CB49#D9CB49

#D9CB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB49
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -10.08, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 64.72, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0336 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1759, 57.9467, 14.7912)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB49 #4957D9

analogous

#D98349 #D9CB49 #9FD949

triadic

#D9CB49 #49D9CB #CB49D9

tetradic

#D9CB49 #49D983 #4957D9 #D9499F

square

#D9CB49 #49D983 #4957D9 #D9499F

split-complementary

#D9CB49 #499FD9 #8349D9

monochromatic

#8B801D #BDAF28 #D9CB49 #E4D97C #EEE8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#D9CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB49

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB49	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da82',
    500: '#d9cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb49;
$custom-light: #e8da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83024,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB49

secondary

#363F91

accent

#50E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB49

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

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