#D9CB5D#D9CB5D

#D9CB5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.132 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB5D
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 93)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 57.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -8.79, 55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 56.24, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0276 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.132 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9488, 58.2558, 18.8619)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB5D #5D6BD9

analogous

#D98D5D #D9CB5D #A9D95D

triadic

#D9CB5D #5DD9CB #CB5DD9

tetradic

#D9CB5D #5DD98D #5D6BD9 #D95DA9

square

#D9CB5D #5DD98D #5D6BD9 #D95DA9

split-complementary

#D9CB5D #5DA9D9 #8D5DD9

monochromatic

#988B24 #CAB82F #D9CB5D #E5DB8F #F0EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D9CB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB5D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB5D	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.132 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8e',
    500: '#d9cb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb5d;
$custom-light: #e7da8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.13172,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB5D

secondary

#3E489C

accent

#2FCA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB5D

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

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