#D9CD73#D9CD73

#D9CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.113 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD73
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 47%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -7.96, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 46.72, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0229 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.113 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.5425, 59.6539, 24.9103)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD73 #737FD9

analogous

#D99A73 #D9CD73 #B2D973

triadic

#D9CD73 #73D9CD #CD73D9

tetradic

#D9CD73 #73D99A #737FD9 #D973B2

square

#D9CD73 #73D99A #737FD9 #D973B2

split-complementary

#D9CD73 #73B2D9 #9A73D9

monochromatic

#A5972D #CCBC43 #D9CD73 #E6DEA3 #F3EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D9CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD73

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD73	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)

#DCC86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.113 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc9d',
    500: '#d9cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd73;
$custom-light: #e6dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83905,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD73

secondary

#4853A8

accent

#34C521

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD73

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

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