#D9CA8A#D9CA8A

#D9CA8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.084 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA8A
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 138)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 36.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -4.01, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 34.11, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0096 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.084 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3242, 58.8294, 32.5334)
Luminance	0.5883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA8A #8A99D9

analogous

#D9A38A #D9CA8A #C0D98A

triadic

#D9CA8A #8AD9CA #CA8AD9

tetradic

#D9CA8A #8AD9A3 #8A99D9 #D98AC0

square

#D9CA8A #8AD9A3 #8A99D9 #D98AC0

split-complementary

#D9CA8A #8AC0D9 #A38AD9

monochromatic

#B09939 #CAB55C #D9CA8A #E8DFB8 #F7F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D9CA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#D9CA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA8A

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA8A	1.00	1.65	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCC8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.084 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6daad',
    500: '#d9ca8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca8a;
$custom-light: #e6daad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA8A

secondary

#5868B0

accent

#44BE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA8A

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

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