#D9CB4F#D9CB4F

#D9CB4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB4F
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -9.73, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 62.29, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0319 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3845, 58.0301, 15.8899)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB4F #4F5DD9

analogous

#D9864F #D9CB4F #A2D94F

triadic

#D9CB4F #4FD9CB #CB4FD9

tetradic

#D9CB4F #4FD986 #4F5DD9 #D94FA2

square

#D9CB4F #4FD986 #4F5DD9 #D94FA2

split-complementary

#D9CB4F #4FA2D9 #864FD9

monochromatic

#8F831F #C1B22A #D9CB4F #E4DA81 #EFE9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D9CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB4F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB4F	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da86',
    500: '#d9cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb4f;
$custom-light: #e8da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83076,
    "c": 0.14325,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB4F

secondary

#384194

accent

#51E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB4F

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

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