#D9CE99#D9CE99

#D9CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.070 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CE99
RGB	rgb(217, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 29.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.48, -4.25, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.48, 28.12, 98.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0095 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.071 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4368, 61.1955, 38.9698)
Luminance	0.6119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CE99 #99A4D9

analogous

#D9AE99 #D9CE99 #C4D999

triadic

#D9CE99 #99D9CE #CE99D9

tetradic

#D9CE99 #99D9AE #99A4D9 #D999C4

square

#D9CE99 #99D9AE #99A4D9 #D999C4

split-complementary

#D9CE99 #99C4D9 #AE99D9

monochromatic

#B4A143 #C8B96C #D9CE99 #EAE3C6 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D9CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#D9CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CE99

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CE99	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.070 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dcb7',
    500: '#d9ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ce99;
$custom-light: #e5dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84753,
    "c": 0.0705,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CE99

secondary

#6673B0

accent

#45B92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CE99

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

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