#D9CD70#D9CD70

#D9CD70 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.116 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD70
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 112)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 48.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -8.24, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 48.17, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.86% -0.024 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(83.86% 0.116 102)
XYZ	xyz(53.3727, 59.5859, 24.0159)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD70 #707CD9

analogous

#D99970 #D9CD70 #B1D970

triadic

#D9CD70 #70D9CD #CD70D9

tetradic

#D9CD70 #70D999 #707CD9 #D970B1

square

#D9CD70 #70D999 #707CD9 #D970B1

split-complementary

#D9CD70 #70B1D9 #9970D9

monochromatic

#A3962B #CCBC40 #D9CD70 #E6DEA0 #F3EFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D9CD70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#D9CD70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD70

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD70	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.116 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc9b',
    500: '#d9cd70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd70;
$custom-light: #e7dc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 58.011,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83864,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.59584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD70

secondary

#4651A7

accent

#33C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD70

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

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