#D9CB5A#D9CB5A

#D9CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB5A
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -9.00, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 57.57, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0286 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8185, 58.2037, 18.1758)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB5A #5A68D9

analogous

#D98C5A #D9CB5A #A7D95A

triadic

#D9CB5A #5AD9CB #CB5AD9

tetradic

#D9CB5A #5AD98C #5A68D9 #D95AA7

square

#D9CB5A #5AD98C #5A68D9 #D95AA7

split-complementary

#D9CB5A #5AA7D9 #8C5AD9

monochromatic

#968923 #C8B72E #D9CB5A #E4DB8C #F0EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D9CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB5A

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB5A	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8d',
    500: '#d9cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb5a;
$custom-light: #e7da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83184,
    "c": 0.13433,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB5A

secondary

#3C479B

accent

#2ECA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB5A

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

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