#D9C868#D9C868

#D9C868 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.119 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C868
RGB	rgb(217, 200, 104)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 52.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -6.38, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 50.05, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0195 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.119 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.7699, 57.0617, 21.3810)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C868 #6879D9

analogous

#D98F68 #D9C868 #B2D968

triadic

#D9C868 #68D9C8 #C868D9

tetradic

#D9C868 #68D98F #6879D9 #D968B2

square

#D9C868 #68D98F #6879D9 #D968B2

split-complementary

#D9C868 #68B2D9 #8F68D9

monochromatic

#9F8D28 #CDB637 #D9C868 #E5DA99 #F2ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D9C868 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#D9C868 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C868

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C868	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C868	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c868;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 200, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.119 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d895',
    500: '#d9c868',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c868;
$custom-light: #e7d895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c868",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82725,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C868

secondary

#4351A3

accent

#38C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C868

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

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