#D9CD3F#D9CD3F

#D9CD3F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.156 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD3F
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 63)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 71%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -11.61, 68.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 69.17, 99.66°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0389 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.156 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.3459, 58.7753, 13.3418)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD3F #3F4BD9

analogous

#D9803F #D9CD3F #98D93F

triadic

#D9CD3F #3FD9CD #CD3FD9

tetradic

#D9CD3F #3FD980 #3F4BD9 #D93F98

square

#D9CD3F #3FD980 #3F4BD9 #D93F98

split-complementary

#D9CD3F #3F98D9 #803FD9

monochromatic

#847B1A #B7AB24 #D9CD3F #E3DA72 #EDE8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D9CD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD3F

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD3F	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)

#DFC627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.156 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9db7d',
    500: '#d9cd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd3f;
$custom-light: #e9db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 66.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83368,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD3F

secondary

#32398A

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD3F

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

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