#D9CE3D#D9CE3D

#D9CE3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.158 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE3D
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -12.21, 69.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 70.22, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(83.56% -0.0408 0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(83.56% 0.158 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5310, 59.2332, 13.1327)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE3D #3D48D9

analogous

#D9803D #D9CE3D #96D93D

triadic

#D9CE3D #3DD9CE #CE3DD9

tetradic

#D9CE3D #3DD980 #3D48D9 #D93D96

square

#D9CE3D #3DD980 #3D48D9 #D93D96

split-complementary

#D9CE3D #3D96D9 #803DD9

monochromatic

#827B19 #B5AB24 #D9CE3D #E3DB70 #EDE8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#D9CE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE3D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE3D	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.158 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9dc7c',
    500: '#d9ce3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce3d;
$custom-light: #e9dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.769,
    "s": 67.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83564,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE3D

secondary

#313789

accent

#4AEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE3D

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

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