#D9CB63#D9CB63

#D9CB63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB63
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 99)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -8.33, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 53.51, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0256 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.2250, 58.3663, 20.3168)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB63 #6371D9

analogous

#D99063 #D9CB63 #ACD963

triadic

#D9CB63 #63D9CB #CB63D9

tetradic

#D9CB63 #63D990 #6371D9 #D963AC

square

#D9CB63 #63D990 #6371D9 #D963AC

split-complementary

#D9CB63 #63ACD9 #9063D9

monochromatic

#9C8E26 #CDBB32 #D9CB63 #E5DB94 #F1ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#D9CB63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB63

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB63	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da92',
    500: '#d9cb63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb63;
$custom-light: #e7da92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83284,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB63

secondary

#404CA0

accent

#31C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB63

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

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