#D9CD7E#D9CD7E

#D9CD7E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.101 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD7E
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 126)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(52, 42%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 41.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.80, -6.87, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.80, 41.34, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0188 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.101 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2136, 59.9223, 28.4450)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD7E #7E8AD9

analogous

#D9A07E #D9CD7E #B8D97E

triadic

#D9CD7E #7ED9CD #CD7ED9

tetradic

#D9CD7E #7ED9A0 #7E8AD9 #D97EB8

square

#D9CD7E #7ED9A0 #7E8AD9 #D97EB8

split-complementary

#D9CD7E #7EB8D9 #A07ED9

monochromatic

#AA9B32 #CBBB4F #D9CD7E #E7DFAD #F5F2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CD7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#D9CD7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD7E

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD7E	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.101 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca4',
    500: '#d9cd7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd7e;
$custom-light: #e6dca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.088,
    "s": 54.491,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84069,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD7E

secondary

#4E5AAE

accent

#38C224

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD7E

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

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