#D9CB57#D9CB57

#D9CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB57
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -9.21, 58.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 58.89, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0295 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6934, 58.1537, 17.5168)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB57 #5765D9

analogous

#D98A57 #D9CB57 #A6D957

triadic

#D9CB57 #57D9CB #CB57D9

tetradic

#D9CB57 #57D98A #5765D9 #D957A6

square

#D9CB57 #57D98A #5765D9 #D957A6

split-complementary

#D9CB57 #57A6D9 #8A57D9

monochromatic

#948821 #C6B62D #D9CB57 #E4DA89 #F0EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D9CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB57

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da8b',
    500: '#d9cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb57;
$custom-light: #e8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83153,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB57

secondary

#3B4599

accent

#53E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB57

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

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