#D9CB66#D9CB66

#D9CB66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CB66
RGB	rgb(217, 203, 102)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 53%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -8.08, 51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 52.12, 98.92°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0246 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.123 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3711, 58.4248, 21.0862)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CB66 #6674D9

analogous

#D99266 #D9CB66 #ADD966

triadic

#D9CB66 #66D9CB #CB66D9

tetradic

#D9CB66 #66D992 #6674D9 #D966AD

square

#D9CB66 #66D992 #6674D9 #D966AD

split-complementary

#D9CB66 #66ADD9 #9266D9

monochromatic

#9D8F27 #CDBA35 #D9CB66 #E5DC97 #F1ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D9CB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CB66

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CB66	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)

#DBC65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 203, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da94',
    500: '#d9cb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cb66;
$custom-light: #e7da94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8332,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CB66

secondary

#424DA1

accent

#32C81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CB66

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

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