#D7C261#D7C261

#D7C261 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.120 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C261
RGB	rgb(215, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 54.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -4.69, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 51.01, 95.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0153 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.12 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4756, 53.8958, 19.1038)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C261 #6176D7

analogous

#D78761 #D7C261 #B1D761

triadic

#D7C261 #61D7C2 #C261D7

tetradic

#D7C261 #61D787 #6176D7 #D761B1

square

#D7C261 #61D787 #6176D7 #D761B1

split-complementary

#D7C261 #61B1D7 #8761D7

monochromatic

#978326 #C8AE33 #D7C261 #E3D592 #F0E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D7C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D7C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C261

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C261	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.120 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d491',
    500: '#d7c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c261;
$custom-light: #e6d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81222,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C261

secondary

#40519C

accent

#3CC71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C261

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

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