#D9CE5B#D9CE5B

#D9CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE5B
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -10.45, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 58.25, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0326 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5767, 59.6515, 18.6399)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE5B #5B66D9

analogous

#D98F5B #D9CE5B #A5D95B

triadic

#D9CE5B #5BD9CE #CE5BD9

tetradic

#D9CE5B #5BD98F #5B66D9 #D95BA5

square

#D9CE5B #5BD98F #5B66D9 #D95BA5

split-complementary

#D9CE5B #5BA5D9 #8F5BD9

monochromatic

#978D23 #C8BB2E #D9CE5B #E5DD8D #F0ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D9CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE5B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE5B	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d9ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce5b;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83819,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE5B

secondary

#3D459B

accent

#2BCA1B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE5B

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

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