#D9CD97#D9CD97

#D9CD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.072 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CD97
RGB	rgb(217, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(49, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.5%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, -3.99, 28.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 28.73, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.51% -0.0089 0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(84.51% 0.072 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.0330, 60.6501, 38.0271)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CD97 #97A3D9

analogous

#D9AC97 #D9CD97 #C4D997

triadic

#D9CD97 #97D9CD #CD97D9

tetradic

#D9CD97 #97D9AC #97A3D9 #D997C4

square

#D9CD97 #97D9AC #97A3D9 #D997C4

split-complementary

#D9CD97 #97C4D9 #AC97D9

monochromatic

#B49F42 #C9B76A #D9CD97 #E9E3C4 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#D9CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CD97

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CD97	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.072 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dcb6',
    500: '#d9cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cd97;
$custom-light: #e5dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8451,
    "c": 0.0719,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CD97

secondary

#6472B0

accent

#46BA2C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CD97

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

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