#D9CB65#D9CB65

#D9CB65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB65
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 101)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -8.17, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 52.58, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.025 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3218, 58.4050, 20.8266)
Luminance	0.5840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB65 #6573D9

analogous

#D99165 #D9CB65 #ADD965

triadic

#D9CB65 #65D9CB #CB65D9

tetradic

#D9CB65 #65D991 #6573D9 #D965AD

square

#D9CB65 #65D991 #6573D9 #D965AD

split-complementary

#D9CB65 #65ADD9 #9165D9

monochromatic

#9D8F27 #CDBA34 #D9CB65 #E5DC96 #F1ECC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D9CB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB65

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB65	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da94',
    500: '#d9cb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb65;
$custom-light: #e7da94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83308,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB65

secondary

#414DA1

accent

#32C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB65

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

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