#D9C679#D9C679

#D9C679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.100 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C679
RGB	rgb(217, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -3.78, 40.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 41.07, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0103 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.1 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.2619, 56.5222, 26.2424)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C679 #798CD9

analogous

#D99679 #D9C679 #BCD979

triadic

#D9C679 #79D9C6 #C679D9

tetradic

#D9C679 #79D996 #798CD9 #D979BC

square

#D9C679 #79D996 #798CD9 #D979BC

split-complementary

#D9C679 #79BCD9 #9679D9

monochromatic

#A89030 #CBB249 #D9C679 #E7DAA9 #F4EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D9C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D9C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C679

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C679	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.100 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d7a1',
    500: '#d9c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c679;
$custom-light: #e6d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.125,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82554,
    "c": 0.0996,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C679

secondary

#4B5EAB

accent

#42C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C679

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

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