#D9C66A#D9C66A

#D9C66A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.115 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C66A
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 51.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -5.18, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 48.36, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% -0.0158 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.115 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4125, 56.1825, 21.7690)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C66A #6A7DD9

analogous

#D98E6A #D9C66A #B4D96A

triadic

#D9C66A #6AD9C6 #C66AD9

tetradic

#D9C66A #6AD98E #6A7DD9 #D96AB4

square

#D9C66A #6AD98E #6A7DD9 #D96AB4

split-complementary

#D9C66A #6AB4D9 #8E6AD9

monochromatic

#A08B29 #CDB339 #D9C66A #E5D99B #F2EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D9C66A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D9C66A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C66A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C66A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C66A	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC96E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c66a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.115 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d797',
    500: '#d9c66a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c66a;
$custom-light: #e7d797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c66a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.73,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82339,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C66A

secondary

#4454A4

accent

#3BC71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C66A

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

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