#D9CD5B#D9CD5B

#D9CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD5B
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -9.95, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 57.88, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0312 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3367, 59.1716, 18.5599)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD5B #5B67D9

analogous

#D98E5B #D9CD5B #A6D95B

triadic

#D9CD5B #5BD9CD #CD5BD9

tetradic

#D9CD5B #5BD98E #5B67D9 #D95BA6

square

#D9CD5B #5BD98E #5B67D9 #D95BA6

split-complementary

#D9CD5B #5BA6D9 #8E5BD9

monochromatic

#978C23 #C8BA2E #D9CD5B #E5DC8D #F0EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#D9CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD5B

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD5B	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d9cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd5b;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83611,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD5B

secondary

#3D469B

accent

#2CCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD5B

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

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