#D9CB53#D9CB53

#D9CB53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.140 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB53
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -9.48, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 60.61, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0307 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.14 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5345, 58.0901, 16.6799)
Luminance	0.5809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB53 #5361D9

analogous

#D98853 #D9CB53 #A4D953

triadic

#D9CB53 #53D9CB #CB53D9

tetradic

#D9CB53 #53D988 #5361D9 #D953A4

square

#D9CB53 #53D988 #5361D9 #D953A4

split-complementary

#D9CB53 #53A4D9 #8853D9

monochromatic

#918620 #C4B42B #D9CB53 #E4DA85 #EFE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#D9CB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB53

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB53	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.140 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da88',
    500: '#d9cb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb53;
$custom-light: #e8da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83113,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB53

secondary

#3A4397

accent

#52E741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB53

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

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