#D7C161#D7C161

#D7C161 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.119 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C161
RGB	rgb(215, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 54.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -4.17, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 50.66, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0138 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.119 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2538, 53.4522, 19.0298)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C161 #6177D7

analogous

#D78661 #D7C161 #B2D761

triadic

#D7C161 #61D7C1 #C161D7

tetradic

#D7C161 #61D786 #6177D7 #D761B2

square

#D7C161 #61D786 #6177D7 #D761B2

split-complementary

#D7C161 #61B2D7 #8661D7

monochromatic

#978226 #C8AC33 #D7C161 #E3D492 #F0E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D7C161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D7C161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C161

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C161	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.119 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d390',
    500: '#d7c161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c161;
$custom-light: #e6d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81016,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C161

secondary

#40519C

accent

#3EC71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C161

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

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