#D9C162#D9C162

#D9C162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.119 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C162
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 54.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -3.26, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 50.39, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0112 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.119 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8917, 53.7757, 19.3047)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C162 #627AD9

analogous

#D98662 #D9C162 #B6D962

triadic

#D9C162 #62D9C1 #C162D9

tetradic

#D9C162 #62D986 #627AD9 #D962B6

square

#D9C162 #62D986 #627AD9 #D962B6

split-complementary

#D9C162 #62B6D9 #8662D9

monochromatic

#9B8326 #CCAD31 #D9C162 #E5D493 #F1E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D9C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D9C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C162

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C162	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.119 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d391',
    500: '#d9c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c162;
$custom-light: #e7d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 61.026,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81212,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C162

secondary

#40539F

accent

#3FC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C162

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

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