#D9CD72#D9CD72

#D9CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.114 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD72
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -8.05, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 47.21, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0233 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.114 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.4853, 59.6310, 24.6089)
Luminance	0.5963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD72 #727ED9

analogous

#D99A72 #D9CD72 #B1D972

triadic

#D9CD72 #72D9CD #CD72D9

tetradic

#D9CD72 #72D99A #727ED9 #D972B1

square

#D9CD72 #72D99A #727ED9 #D972B1

split-complementary

#D9CD72 #72B1D9 #9A72D9

monochromatic

#A4962C #CCBC42 #D9CD72 #E6DEA2 #F3EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D9CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD72

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD72	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.114 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc9c',
    500: '#d9cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd72;
$custom-light: #e7dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.01,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD72

secondary

#4753A8

accent

#34C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD72

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

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