#D9CB4C#D9CB4C

#D9CB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB4C
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 65%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -9.91, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 63.52, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0327 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.146 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.2777, 57.9874, 15.3277)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB4C #4C5AD9

analogous

#D9854C #D9CB4C #A0D94C

triadic

#D9CB4C #4CD9CB #CB4CD9

tetradic

#D9CB4C #4CD985 #4C5AD9 #D94CA0

square

#D9CB4C #4CD985 #4C5AD9 #D94CA0

split-complementary

#D9CB4C #4CA0D9 #854CD9

monochromatic

#8D821E #BFB029 #D9CB4C #E4DA7E #EEE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#D9CB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB4C

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB4C	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da84',
    500: '#d9cb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb4c;
$custom-light: #e8da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 64.977,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8305,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB4C

secondary

#374092

accent

#51E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB4C

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

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