#D9CB58#D9CB58

#D9CB58 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB58
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 88)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.83, -9.14, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.83, 58.45, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.16% -0.0292 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(83.16% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7345, 58.1701, 17.7335)
Luminance	0.5817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB58 #5866D9

analogous

#D98A58 #D9CB58 #A7D958

triadic

#D9CB58 #58D9CB #CB58D9

tetradic

#D9CB58 #58D98A #5866D9 #D958A7

square

#D9CB58 #58D98A #5866D9 #D958A7

split-complementary

#D9CB58 #58A7D9 #8A58D9

monochromatic

#958822 #C7B62D #D9CB58 #E4DB8A #F0EABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D9CB58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB58

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB58	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)

#DCC54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da8b',
    500: '#d9cb58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb58;
$custom-light: #e8da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 62.927,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83163,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB58

secondary

#3C469A

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB58

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

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