#D9CB4A#D9CB4A

#D9CB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.147 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB4A
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -10.03, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 64.32, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0333 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.147 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.2093, 57.9600, 14.9672)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB4A #4A58D9

analogous

#D9844A #D9CB4A #A0D94A

triadic

#D9CB4A #4AD9CB #CB4AD9

tetradic

#D9CB4A #4AD984 #4A58D9 #D94AA0

square

#D9CB4A #4AD984 #4A58D9 #D94AA0

split-complementary

#D9CB4A #4AA0D9 #844AD9

monochromatic

#8B811D #BEAF28 #D9CB4A #E4DA7D #EEE8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#D9CB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB4A

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB4A	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)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.147 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da83',
    500: '#d9cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb4a;
$custom-light: #e8da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83033,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB4A

secondary

#363F91

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB4A

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

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