#D9CD89#D9CD89

#D9CD89 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.088 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD89
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 137)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 37%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -5.67, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 35.84, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0145 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.088 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.9628, 60.2220, 32.3908)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD89 #8995D9

analogous

#D9A589 #D9CD89 #BDD989

triadic

#D9CD89 #89D9CD #CD89D9

tetradic

#D9CD89 #89D9A5 #8995D9 #D989BD

square

#D9CD89 #89D9A5 #8995D9 #D989BD

split-complementary

#D9CD89 #89BDD9 #A589D9

monochromatic

#AF9D38 #CAB95B #D9CD89 #E8E1B7 #F7F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CD89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#D9CD89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD89

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD89	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.088 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dcac',
    500: '#d9cd89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd89;
$custom-light: #e6dcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 51.282,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84251,
    "c": 0.08842,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD89

secondary

#5764B0

accent

#3EBF27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD89

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

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