#D4CD96#D4CD96

#D4CD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.073 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD96
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 29.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -6.03, 28.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 28.96, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0147 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.073 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4881, 59.8628, 37.5326)
Luminance	0.5986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD96 #969DD4

analogous

#D4AE96 #D4CD96 #BCD496

triadic

#D4CD96 #96D4CD #CD96D4

tetradic

#D4CD96 #96D4AE #969DD4 #D496BC

square

#D4CD96 #96D4AE #969DD4 #D496BC

split-complementary

#D4CD96 #96BCD4 #AE96D4

monochromatic

#AA9F46 #C2B86B #D4CD96 #E6E2C1 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D4CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#D4CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD96

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD96	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DACD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC6BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.073 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2dcb5',
    500: '#d4cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd96;
$custom-light: #e2dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84068,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD96

secondary

#646CAA

accent

#3FB531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD96

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

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