#D9CB52#D9CB52

#D9CB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB52
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.78, -9.54, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.78, 61.03, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.031 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.4962, 58.0748, 16.4780)
Luminance	0.5807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB52 #5260D9

analogous

#D98752 #D9CB52 #A3D952

triadic

#D9CB52 #52D9CB #CB52D9

tetradic

#D9CB52 #52D987 #5260D9 #D952A3

square

#D9CB52 #52D987 #5260D9 #D952A3

split-complementary

#D9CB52 #52A3D9 #8752D9

monochromatic

#918520 #C3B32B #D9CB52 #E4DA84 #EFE9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D9CB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB52

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB52	1.00	1.66	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.66	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)

#DCC544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da88',
    500: '#d9cb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb52;
$custom-light: #e8da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 63.981,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83104,
    "c": 0.14092,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB52

secondary

#394396

accent

#52E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB52

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

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