#D4CD99#D4CD99

#D4CD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.069 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CD99
RGB	rgb(212, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -5.64, 26.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 27.42, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.13% -0.0135 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(84.13% 0.069 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7327, 59.9607, 38.8211)
Luminance	0.5996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CD99 #99A0D4

analogous

#D4B099 #D4CD99 #BED499

triadic

#D4CD99 #99D4CD #CD99D4

tetradic

#D4CD99 #99D4B0 #99A0D4 #D499BE

square

#D4CD99 #99D4B0 #99A0D4 #D499BE

split-complementary

#D4CD99 #99BED4 #B099D4

monochromatic

#AB9F48 #C2B86E #D4CD99 #E6E2C4 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D4CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#D4CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CD99

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CD99	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.069 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2dcb7',
    500: '#d4cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cd99;
$custom-light: #e2dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 40.69,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84127,
    "c": 0.06887,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CD99

secondary

#676FAA

accent

#41B432

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CD99

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

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