#D7D972#D7D972

#D7D972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.127 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7D972
RGB	rgb(215, 217, 114)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(61, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.9%, 0%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -14.90, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 52.27, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.23% -0.0428 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(86.23% 0.127 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8756, 65.2889, 25.5749)
Luminance	0.6529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7D972 #7472D9

analogous

#D9A872 #D7D972 #A4D972

triadic

#D7D972 #72D7D9 #D972D7

tetradic

#D7D972 #72D9A8 #7472D9 #D972A4

square

#D7D972 #72D9A8 #7472D9 #D972A4

split-complementary

#D7D972 #72A4D9 #A872D9

monochromatic

#A2A42C #C9CC42 #D7D972 #E5E6A2 #F2F3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#D7D972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#D7D972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7D972

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7D972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7D972	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7d972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 217, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.127 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e49d',
    500: '#d7d972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7d972;
$custom-light: #e5e49d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7d972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.165,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86233,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7D972

secondary

#4947A8

accent

#20C524

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF5

border

#D5D5CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7D972

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

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