#D9CD85#D9CD85

#D9CD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.093 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD85
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 39%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 38.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -6.12, 37.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 37.85, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0161 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.093 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6812, 60.1094, 30.9076)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD85 #8591D9

analogous

#D9A385 #D9CD85 #BBD985

triadic

#D9CD85 #85D9CD #CD85D9

tetradic

#D9CD85 #85D9A3 #8591D9 #D985BB

square

#D9CD85 #85D9A3 #8591D9 #D985BB

split-complementary

#D9CD85 #85BBD9 #A385D9

monochromatic

#AE9C36 #CABA56 #D9CD85 #E8E0B4 #F6F3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#D9CD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD85

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD85	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECE88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.093 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca9',
    500: '#d9cd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd85;
$custom-light: #e6dca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 52.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84182,
    "c": 0.093,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD85

secondary

#5360AF

accent

#3CC026

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD85

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

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