#D9CD87#D9CD87

#D9CD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.091 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD87
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 135)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 37.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -5.90, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 36.84, 99.21°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0153 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.091 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8207, 60.1652, 31.6422)
Luminance	0.6016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD87 #8793D9

analogous

#D9A487 #D9CD87 #BCD987

triadic

#D9CD87 #87D9CD #CD87D9

tetradic

#D9CD87 #87D9A4 #8793D9 #D987BC

square

#D9CD87 #87D9A4 #8793D9 #D987BC

split-complementary

#D9CD87 #87BCD9 #A487D9

monochromatic

#AE9D37 #CABA59 #D9CD87 #E8E0B5 #F6F4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#D9CD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD87

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD87	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.091 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dcab',
    500: '#d9cd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd87;
$custom-light: #e6dcab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 51.899,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD87

secondary

#5562AF

accent

#3DBF26

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD87

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

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