#D9CB5B#D9CB5B

#D9CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB5B
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -8.93, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 57.13, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0283 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8614, 58.2209, 18.4014)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB5B #5B69D9

analogous

#D98C5B #D9CB5B #A8D95B

triadic

#D9CB5B #5BD9CB #CB5BD9

tetradic

#D9CB5B #5BD98C #5B69D9 #D95BA8

square

#D9CB5B #5BD98C #5B69D9 #D95BA8

split-complementary

#D9CB5B #5BA8D9 #8C5BD9

monochromatic

#978A23 #C8B72E #D9CB5B #E5DB8D #F0EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D9CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB5B

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB5B	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)

#DCC54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8d',
    500: '#d9cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb5b;
$custom-light: #e7da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83194,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB5B

secondary

#3D479B

accent

#2FCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB5B

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

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