#D7C461#D7C461

#D7C461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C461
RGB	rgb(215, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -5.72, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 51.72, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.0183 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9237, 54.7920, 19.2531)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C461 #6174D7

analogous

#D78961 #D7C461 #AFD761

triadic

#D7C461 #61D7C4 #C461D7

tetradic

#D7C461 #61D789 #6174D7 #D761AF

square

#D7C461 #61D789 #6174D7 #D761AF

split-complementary

#D7C461 #61AFD7 #8961D7

monochromatic

#978526 #C8B033 #D7C461 #E3D692 #F0E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D7C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D7C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C461

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C461	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d591',
    500: '#d7c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c461;
$custom-light: #e6d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81634,
    "c": 0.12174,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C461

secondary

#404F9C

accent

#39C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C461

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

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