#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
RGBrgb(217, 204, 91)
HSLhsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSVhsv(54, 58%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.12, -9.44, 56.72)
CIE-LCHlch(81.12, 57.50, 99.45°)
OKLaboklab(83.4% -0.0297 0.1311)
OKLCHoklch(83.4% 0.134 102.8)
XYZxyz(52.0983, 58.6947, 18.4804)
Luminance0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##D9CC5B1.001.6512.7412.74
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7421.001.001.00
##00000012.7421.001.001.00

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

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#D9CC5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva