#D9CE8A#D9CE8A

#D9CE8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.088 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE8A
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 36.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -6.07, 35.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 35.75, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0156 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.088 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.2749, 60.7308, 32.8503)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE8A #8A95D9

analogous

#D9A78A #D9CE8A #BCD98A

triadic

#D9CE8A #8AD9CE #CE8AD9

tetradic

#D9CE8A #8AD9A7 #8A95D9 #D98ABC

square

#D9CE8A #8AD9A7 #8A95D9 #D98ABC

split-complementary

#D9CE8A #8ABCD9 #A78AD9

monochromatic

#B09F39 #CABB5C #D9CE8A #E8E1B8 #F7F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D9CE8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#D9CE8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE8A

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE8A	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.088 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dcad',
    500: '#d9ce8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce8a;
$custom-light: #e6dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.646,
    "s": 50.968,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84474,
    "c": 0.08829,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE8A

secondary

#5864B0

accent

#3CBE27

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF7

border

#D5D5D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE8A

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

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