#D9CC72#D9CC72

#D9CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.113 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CC72
RGB	rgb(217, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -7.54, 46.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 46.81, 99.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0218 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.113 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.2468, 59.1541, 24.5294)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CC72 #727FD9

analogous

#D99872 #D9CC72 #B3D972

triadic

#D9CC72 #72D9CC #CC72D9

tetradic

#D9CC72 #72D998 #727FD9 #D972B3

square

#D9CC72 #72D998 #727FD9 #D972B3

split-complementary

#D9CC72 #72B3D9 #9872D9

monochromatic

#A4952C #CCBB42 #D9CC72 #E6DDA2 #F3EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D9CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#D9CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CC72

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CC72	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.113 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db9c',
    500: '#d9cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cc72;
$custom-light: #e7db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83685,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CC72

secondary

#4754A8

accent

#35C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CC72

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

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