#D9CB50#D9CB50

#D9CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.142 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB50
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -9.67, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 61.87, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0316 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.142 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4212, 58.0448, 16.0830)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB50 #505ED9

analogous

#D98750 #D9CB50 #A2D950

triadic

#D9CB50 #50D9CB #CB50D9

tetradic

#D9CB50 #50D987 #505ED9 #D950A2

square

#D9CB50 #50D987 #505ED9 #D950A2

split-complementary

#D9CB50 #50A2D9 #8750D9

monochromatic

#8F841F #C2B22A #D9CB50 #E4DA82 #EFE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D9CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB50

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB50	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)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.142 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da86',
    500: '#d9cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb50;
$custom-light: #e8da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.869,
    "s": 64.319,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83085,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB50

secondary

#384295

accent

#52E740

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB50

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

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