#D9CD79#D9CD79

#D9CD79 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.106 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD79
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 44.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.73, -7.38, 43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.73, 43.80, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.99% -0.0207 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(83.99% 0.106 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.8990, 59.7965, 26.7881)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD79 #7985D9

analogous

#D99D79 #D9CD79 #B5D979

triadic

#D9CD79 #79D9CD #CD79D9

tetradic

#D9CD79 #79D99D #7985D9 #D979B5

square

#D9CD79 #79D99D #7985D9 #D979B5

split-complementary

#D9CD79 #79B5D9 #9D79D9

monochromatic

#A89930 #CBBB49 #D9CD79 #E7DFA9 #F4F1D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#D9CD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD79

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD79	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.106 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca1',
    500: '#d9cd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd79;
$custom-light: #e6dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83992,
    "c": 0.10622,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD79

secondary

#4B57AB

accent

#36C322

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD79

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

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