#D9C366#D9C366

#D9C366 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.116 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C366
RGB	rgb(217, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 53%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -3.97, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 49.19, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0128 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.116 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.5304, 54.7434, 20.4727)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C366 #667CD9

analogous

#D98A66 #D9C366 #B5D966

triadic

#D9C366 #66D9C3 #C366D9

tetradic

#D9C366 #66D98A #667CD9 #D966B5

square

#D9C366 #66D98A #667CD9 #D966B5

split-complementary

#D9C366 #66B5D9 #8A66D9

monochromatic

#9D8727 #CDB035 #D9C366 #E5D697 #F1E9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D9C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#D9C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C366

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C366	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C66A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.116 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d494',
    500: '#d9c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c366;
$custom-light: #e7d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81671,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C366

secondary

#4254A1

accent

#3EC81E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C366

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

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