#D9C968#D9C968

#D9C968 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9C968
RGB	rgb(217, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -6.89, 49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 50.42, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0023, 57.5264, 21.4585)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9C968 #6878D9

analogous

#D99068 #D9C968 #B1D968

triadic

#D9C968 #68D9C9 #C968D9

tetradic

#D9C968 #68D990 #6878D9 #D968B1

square

#D9C968 #68D990 #6878D9 #D968B1

split-complementary

#D9C968 #68B1D9 #9068D9

monochromatic

#9F8E28 #CDB837 #D9C968 #E5DA99 #F2ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9C968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#D9C968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9C968

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9C968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9C968	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9c968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d995',
    500: '#d9c968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9c968;
$custom-light: #e7d995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9c968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.504,
    "s": 59.788,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82931,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9C968

secondary

#4350A3

accent

#36C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9C968

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

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