#D9C166#D9C166

#D9C166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.115 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C166
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 53%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -2.94, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 48.51, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0098 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.115 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0853, 53.8531, 20.3243)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C166 #667ED9

analogous

#D98766 #D9C166 #B8D966

triadic

#D9C166 #66D9C1 #C166D9

tetradic

#D9C166 #66D987 #667ED9 #D966B8

square

#D9C166 #66D987 #667ED9 #D966B8

split-complementary

#D9C166 #66B8D9 #8766D9

monochromatic

#9D8527 #CDAD35 #D9C166 #E5D597 #F1E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D9C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C166

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C166	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BE5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.115 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d394',
    500: '#d9c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c166;
$custom-light: #e7d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81262,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C166

secondary

#4256A1

accent

#41C81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C166

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

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