#D9C170#D9C170

#D9C170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.105 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C170
RGB	rgb(217, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 48.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -2.06, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 43.70, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0062 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.105 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6115, 54.0636, 23.0955)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C170 #7088D9

analogous

#D98D70 #D9C170 #BCD970

triadic

#D9C170 #70D9C1 #C170D9

tetradic

#D9C170 #70D98D #7088D9 #D970BC

square

#D9C170 #70D98D #7088D9 #D970BC

split-complementary

#D9C170 #70BCD9 #8D70D9

monochromatic

#A3882B #CCAC40 #D9C170 #E6D6A0 #F3EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D9C170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D9C170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C170

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C170	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.105 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d39a',
    500: '#d9c170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c170;
$custom-light: #e7d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81399,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C170

secondary

#465CA7

accent

#46C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C170

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

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