#D4CD97#D4CD97

#D4CD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.071 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD97
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 28.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -5.91, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 28.45, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0143 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.071 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5689, 59.8952, 37.9585)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD97 #979ED4

analogous

#D4AE97 #D4CD97 #BCD497

triadic

#D4CD97 #97D4CD #CD97D4

tetradic

#D4CD97 #97D4AE #979ED4 #D497BC

square

#D4CD97 #97D4AE #979ED4 #D497BC

split-complementary

#D4CD97 #97BCD4 #AE97D4

monochromatic

#AA9F46 #C2B86C #D4CD97 #E6E2C2 #F6F5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D4CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#D4CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD97

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD97	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.071 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2dcb6',
    500: '#d4cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd97;
$custom-light: #e2dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84087,
    "c": 0.07134,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD97

secondary

#656DAA

accent

#40B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD97

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

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