#D9CD4B#D9CD4B

#D9CD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD4B
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -10.98, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 64.62, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0359 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.7186, 58.9243, 15.3045)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD4B #4B57D9

analogous

#D9864B #D9CD4B #9ED94B

triadic

#D9CD4B #4BD9CD #CD4BD9

tetradic

#D9CD4B #4BD986 #4B57D9 #D94B9E

square

#D9CD4B #4BD986 #4B57D9 #D94B9E

split-complementary

#D9CD4B #4B9ED9 #864BD9

monochromatic

#8C831E #BFB228 #D9CD4B #E4DB7E #EEE9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#D9CD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD4B

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD4B	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc84',
    500: '#d9cd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd4b;
$custom-light: #e8dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83459,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.58922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD4B

secondary

#363E92

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD4B

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

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