#D9CD3D#D9CD3D

#D9CD3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.157 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD3D
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -11.70, 68.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 69.88, 99.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0394 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.157 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.2911, 58.7533, 13.0527)
Luminance	0.5875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD3D #3D49D9

analogous

#D97F3D #D9CD3D #97D93D

triadic

#D9CD3D #3DD9CD #CD3DD9

tetradic

#D9CD3D #3DD97F #3D49D9 #D93D97

square

#D9CD3D #3DD97F #3D49D9 #D93D97

split-complementary

#D9CD3D #3D97D9 #7F3DD9

monochromatic

#827A19 #B5AA24 #D9CD3D #E3DA70 #EDE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D9CD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD3D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD3D	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.157 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db7c',
    500: '#d9cd3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd3d;
$custom-light: #e9db7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83354,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD3D

secondary

#313889

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD3D

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

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