#D9CC5B#D9CC5B

#D9CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC5B
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -9.44, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 57.50, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0297 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0983, 58.6947, 18.4804)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC5B #5B68D9

analogous

#D98D5B #D9CC5B #A7D95B

triadic

#D9CC5B #5BD9CC #CC5BD9

tetradic

#D9CC5B #5BD98D #5B68D9 #D95BA7

square

#D9CC5B #5BD98D #5B68D9 #D95BA7

split-complementary

#D9CC5B #5BA7D9 #8D5BD9

monochromatic

#978B23 #C8B82E #D9CC5B #E5DB8D #F0EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D9CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC5B

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC5B	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8d',
    500: '#d9cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc5b;
$custom-light: #e7db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83402,
    "c": 0.1344,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC5B

secondary

#3D479B

accent

#2DCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC5B

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

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