#D9CD75#D9CD75

#D9CD75 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.110 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD75
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 117)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 46.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -7.77, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 45.75, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0222 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.11 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.6588, 59.7004, 25.5230)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD75 #7581D9

analogous

#D99B75 #D9CD75 #B3D975

triadic

#D9CD75 #75D9CD #CD75D9

tetradic

#D9CD75 #75D99B #7581D9 #D975B3

square

#D9CD75 #75D99B #7581D9 #D975B3

split-complementary

#D9CD75 #75B3D9 #9B75D9

monochromatic

#A6972E #CCBC45 #D9CD75 #E6DEA5 #F3F0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CD75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#D9CD75 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD75

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD75	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.110 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc9e',
    500: '#d9cd75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd75;
$custom-light: #e6dc9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 56.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83934,
    "c": 0.11046,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD75

secondary

#4954A9

accent

#35C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD75

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

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