#D9CB4D#D9CB4D

#D9CB4D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.145 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB4D
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 64.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -9.85, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 63.11, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.0325 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.145 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.3128, 58.0014, 15.5122)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB4D #4D5BD9

analogous

#D9854D #D9CB4D #A1D94D

triadic

#D9CB4D #4DD9CB #CB4DD9

tetradic

#D9CB4D #4DD985 #4D5BD9 #D94DA1

square

#D9CB4D #4DD985 #4D5BD9 #D94DA1

split-complementary

#D9CB4D #4DA1D9 #854DD9

monochromatic

#8D821E #C0B129 #D9CB4D #E4DA7F #EFE8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#D9CB4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB4D

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB4D	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)

#DCC53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.145 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da85',
    500: '#d9cb4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb4d;
$custom-light: #e8da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 64.815,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83058,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB4D

secondary

#374093

accent

#51E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB4D

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

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