#D9CD6A#D9CD6A

#D9CD6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.122 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD6A
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 106)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 51.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -8.77, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 51.02, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(83.79% -0.0262 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(83.79% 0.122 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.0497, 59.4567, 22.3147)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD6A #6A76D9

analogous

#D9956A #D9CD6A #ADD96A

triadic

#D9CD6A #6AD9CD #CD6AD9

tetradic

#D9CD6A #6AD995 #6A76D9 #D96AAD

square

#D9CD6A #6AD995 #6A76D9 #D96AAD

split-complementary

#D9CD6A #6AADD9 #956AD9

monochromatic

#A09329 #CDBD39 #D9CD6A #E5DD9B #F2EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#D9CD6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD6A

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD6A	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.122 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc97',
    500: '#d9cd6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd6a;
$custom-light: #e7dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 59.358,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83785,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD6A

secondary

#444EA4

accent

#31C71E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD6A

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

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