#D7C462#D7C462

#D7C462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7C462
RGB	rgb(215, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -5.64, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 51.25, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0179 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9706, 54.8108, 19.5003)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7C462 #6275D7

analogous

#D78A62 #D7C462 #B0D762

triadic

#D7C462 #62D7C4 #C462D7

tetradic

#D7C462 #62D78A #6275D7 #D762B0

square

#D7C462 #62D78A #6275D7 #D762B0

split-complementary

#D7C462 #62B0D7 #8A62D7

monochromatic

#988627 #C9B033 #D7C462 #E3D693 #F0E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D7C462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D7C462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7C462

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7C462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7C462	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)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7c462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d591',
    500: '#d7c462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7c462;
$custom-light: #e6d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7c462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.256,
    "s": 59.391,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81646,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7C462

secondary

#41509D

accent

#3AC71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7C462

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

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