#D9CB4B#D9CB4B

#D9CB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.146 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB4B
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -9.97, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 63.92, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.033 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.146 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.2433, 57.9736, 15.1460)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB4B #4B59D9

analogous

#D9844B #D9CB4B #A0D94B

triadic

#D9CB4B #4BD9CB #CB4BD9

tetradic

#D9CB4B #4BD984 #4B59D9 #D94BA0

square

#D9CB4B #4BD984 #4B59D9 #D94BA0

split-complementary

#D9CB4B #4BA0D9 #844BD9

monochromatic

#8C811E #BFB028 #D9CB4B #E4DA7E #EEE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#D9CB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB4B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB4B	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)

#DDC53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.146 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da84',
    500: '#d9cb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb4b;
$custom-light: #e8da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83041,
    "c": 0.14624,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB4B

secondary

#363F92

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB4B

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

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