#D9CB60#D9CB60

#D9CB60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.129 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB60
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.91, -8.56, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.91, 54.88, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0266 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.129 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.0843, 58.3100, 19.5755)
Luminance	0.5831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB60 #606ED9

analogous

#D98F60 #D9CB60 #ABD960

triadic

#D9CB60 #60D9CB #CB60D9

tetradic

#D9CB60 #60D98F #606ED9 #D960AB

square

#D9CB60 #60D98F #606ED9 #D960AB

split-complementary

#D9CB60 #60ABD9 #8F60D9

monochromatic

#9A8C25 #CBB931 #D9CB60 #E5DB91 #F1EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#D9CB60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB60

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB60	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.129 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da90',
    500: '#d9cb60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb60;
$custom-light: #e7da90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83249,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB60

secondary

#3F4A9E

accent

#30C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB60

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

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