#D9CC3D#D9CC3D

#D9CC3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.156 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC3D
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -11.20, 68.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 69.55, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.14% -0.0379 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(83.14% 0.156 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.0526, 58.2764, 12.9733)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC3D #3D4AD9

analogous

#D97E3D #D9CC3D #98D93D

triadic

#D9CC3D #3DD9CC #CC3DD9

tetradic

#D9CC3D #3DD97E #3D4AD9 #D93D98

square

#D9CC3D #3DD97E #3D4AD9 #D93D98

split-complementary

#D9CC3D #3D98D9 #7E3DD9

monochromatic

#827919 #B5A924 #D9CC3D #E3D970 #EDE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D9CC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D9CC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC3D

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC3D	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)

#DEC524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.156 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db7c',
    500: '#d9cc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc3d;
$custom-light: #e9db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83144,
    "c": 0.1564,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.58274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC3D

secondary

#313989

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC3D

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

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