#D9CA66#D9CA66

#D9CA66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.123 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA66
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 102)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 53%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -7.57, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 51.74, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0232 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.123 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1357, 57.9540, 21.0078)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA66 #6675D9

analogous

#D99166 #D9CA66 #AED966

triadic

#D9CA66 #66D9CA #CA66D9

tetradic

#D9CA66 #66D991 #6675D9 #D966AE

square

#D9CA66 #66D991 #6675D9 #D966AE

split-complementary

#D9CA66 #66AED9 #9166D9

monochromatic

#9D8E27 #CDB935 #D9CA66 #E5DB97 #F1ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D9CA66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#D9CA66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA66

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA66	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.123 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d994',
    500: '#d9ca66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca66;
$custom-light: #e7d994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83113,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA66

secondary

#424EA1

accent

#34C81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA66

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

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