#D9CD8A#D9CD8A

#D9CD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.087 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD8A
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 36.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.97, -5.56, 34.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.97, 35.33, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0141 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.087 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0349, 60.2508, 32.7703)
Luminance	0.6025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD8A #8A96D9

analogous

#D9A68A #D9CD8A #BED98A

triadic

#D9CD8A #8AD9CD #CD8AD9

tetradic

#D9CD8A #8AD9A6 #8A96D9 #D98ABE

square

#D9CD8A #8AD9A6 #8A96D9 #D98ABE

split-complementary

#D9CD8A #8ABED9 #A68AD9

monochromatic

#B09E39 #CAB95C #D9CD8A #E8E1B8 #F7F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D9CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#D9CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD8A

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD8A	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.087 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dcad',
    500: '#d9cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd8a;
$custom-light: #e6dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.886,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84268,
    "c": 0.08727,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD8A

secondary

#5865B0

accent

#3EBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD8A

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

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