#D9CB5E#D9CB5E

#D9CB5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.131 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB5E
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 56.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -8.71, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 55.79, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0273 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.131 102)
XYZ	xyz(51.9934, 58.2737, 19.0967)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB5E #5E6CD9

analogous

#D98D5E #D9CB5E #A9D95E

triadic

#D9CB5E #5ED9CB #CB5ED9

tetradic

#D9CB5E #5ED98D #5E6CD9 #D95EA9

square

#D9CB5E #5ED98D #5E6CD9 #D95EA9

split-complementary

#D9CB5E #5EA9D9 #8D5ED9

monochromatic

#998B24 #CAB930 #D9CB5E #E5DB90 #F0EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D9CB5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB5E

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB5E	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)

#DBC553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.131 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8f',
    500: '#d9cb5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb5e;
$custom-light: #e7da8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 61.809,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.13084,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.58272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB5E

secondary

#3E499D

accent

#30CA1C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB5E

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

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