#D8CD79#D8CD79

#D8CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.106 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD79
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 44%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -7.78, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 43.75, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0218 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.106 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.6026, 59.6437, 26.7742)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD79 #7984D8

analogous

#D89D79 #D8CD79 #B3D879

triadic

#D8CD79 #79D8CD #CD79D8

tetradic

#D8CD79 #79D89D #7984D8 #D879B3

square

#D8CD79 #79D89D #7984D8 #D879B3

split-complementary

#D8CD79 #79B3D8 #9D79D8

monochromatic

#A69930 #CABB4A #D8CD79 #E6DFA8 #F4F0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D8CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D8CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD79

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD79	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.106 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca1',
    500: '#d8cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd79;
$custom-light: #e6dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.053,
    "s": 54.913,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83906,
    "c": 0.10619,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD79

secondary

#4B56AA

accent

#36C223

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD79

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

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