#D5CD99#D5CD99

#D5CD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.069 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD99
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(52, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 28.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -5.26, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 27.46, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.21% -0.0124 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(84.21% 0.069 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.0220, 60.1098, 38.8347)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD99 #99A1D5

analogous

#D5AF99 #D5CD99 #BFD599

triadic

#D5CD99 #99D5CD #CD99D5

tetradic

#D5CD99 #99D5AF #99A1D5 #D599BF

square

#D5CD99 #99D5AF #99A1D5 #D599BF

split-complementary

#D5CD99 #99BFD5 #AF99D5

monochromatic

#AD9F47 #C3B86E #D5CD99 #E7E2C4 #F6F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D5CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#D5CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD99

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD99	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEC6BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.069 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2dcb7',
    500: '#d5cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd99;
$custom-light: #e2dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84211,
    "c": 0.06895,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD99

secondary

#6770AB

accent

#42B531

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD99

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

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