#D9CD83#D9CD83

#D9CD83 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.095 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD83
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 131)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 40%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 39.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -6.34, 38.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 38.85, 99.39°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.0168 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.095 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.5444, 60.0546, 30.1868)
Luminance	0.6005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD83 #838FD9

analogous

#D9A283 #D9CD83 #BAD983

triadic

#D9CD83 #83D9CD #CD83D9

tetradic

#D9CD83 #83D9A2 #838FD9 #D983BA

square

#D9CD83 #83D9A2 #838FD9 #D983BA

split-complementary

#D9CD83 #83BAD9 #A283D9

monochromatic

#AD9C35 #CBBA54 #D9CD83 #E7E0B2 #F6F3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CD83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#D9CD83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD83

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD83	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC97D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.095 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca8',
    500: '#d9cd83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd83;
$custom-light: #e6dca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.628,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84149,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD83

secondary

#515EAF

accent

#3BC125

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD83

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

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