#D8CA79#D8CA79

#D8CA79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.103 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA79
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -6.25, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 42.54, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0174 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.103 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.8919, 58.2222, 26.5373)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA79 #7987D8

analogous

#D89A79 #D8CA79 #B6D879

triadic

#D8CA79 #79D8CA #CA79D8

tetradic

#D8CA79 #79D89A #7987D8 #D879B6

square

#D8CA79 #79D89A #7987D8 #D879B6

split-complementary

#D8CA79 #79B6D8 #9A79D8

monochromatic

#A69530 #CAB74A #D8CA79 #E6DDA8 #F4EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D8CA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA79

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA79	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCB7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.103 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6daa1',
    500: '#d8ca79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca79;
$custom-light: #e6daa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.158,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83287,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA79

secondary

#4B59AA

accent

#3BC223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA79

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

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