#D9CB56#D9CB56

#D9CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB56
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -9.28, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 59.32, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0298 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6528, 58.1374, 17.3031)
Luminance	0.5814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB56 #5664D9

analogous

#D98A56 #D9CB56 #A6D956

triadic

#D9CB56 #56D9CB #CB56D9

tetradic

#D9CB56 #56D98A #5664D9 #D956A6

square

#D9CB56 #56D98A #5664D9 #D956A6

split-complementary

#D9CB56 #56A6D9 #8A56D9

monochromatic

#938721 #C5B52C #D9CB56 #E4DA88 #EFEABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D9CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB56

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB56	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da8a',
    500: '#d9cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb56;
$custom-light: #e8da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83143,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB56

secondary

#3B4598

accent

#53E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB56

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

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