#D7CD38#D7CD38

#D7CD38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.160 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7CD38
RGB	rgb(215, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -12.77, 70.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 71.51, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0427 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.16 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5716, 58.3972, 12.3485)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7CD38 #3842D7

analogous

#D77D38 #D7CD38 #92D738

triadic

#D7CD38 #38D7CD #CD38D7

tetradic

#D7CD38 #38D77D #3842D7 #D73892

square

#D7CD38 #38D77D #3842D7 #D73892

split-complementary

#D7CD38 #3892D7 #7D38D7

monochromatic

#7C7619 #AFA623 #D7CD38 #E1DA6B #EBE79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D7CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D7CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7CD38

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7CD38	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.160 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db7a',
    500: '#d7cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7cd38;
$custom-light: #e7db7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.226,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83148,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7CD38

secondary

#303583

accent

#49E93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7CD38

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

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