#d9c987

Color #d9c987

A moderately saturated light yellow.

Closest named color Dark Khaki #bdb76b · ΔE 9.96 Nearest Tailwind class amber-200 #fee685 · ΔE 8.6

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Conversions

HEX

#d9c987

RGB

rgb(217, 201, 135)

HSL

hsl(48.3, 51.9%, 69%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.3, 37.8%, 85.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 37.8%, 14.9%)

LAB

lab(80.89, -3.84, 35.02)

LCH

lch(80.89, 35.23, 96.26)

OKLCH

oklch(83.4%, 0.0868, 96.15)

HWB

hwb(48.3, 52.9%, 14.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#8797d9

Analogous

#d9a087

#d9c987

#c0d987

Triadic

#d9c987

#87d9c9

#c987d9

Split-complementary

#d9c987

#87c0d9

#a087d9

Tetradic

#d9c987

#97d987

#8797d9

#c987d9

Square

#d9c987

#87d9a0

#8797d9

#d987c0

Shades

Color #d9c987 mixed toward black.

#cbb55a

#b29a38

#86742a

#594d1c

#2d270e

Tints

Color #d9c987 mixed toward white.

#dfd29b

#e6dbaf

#ece4c3

#f2edd7

#f9f6eb

Tones

Color #d9c987 mixed toward gray.

#d2c58e

#cbc195

#c4bc9b

#beb8a2

#b7b4a9

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.66:1

Aa Black text on this color

12.65:1

Black text reads better on this background (12.65:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d29a · ΔE 5.6

Deuteranopia

#d3d49f · ΔE 6.3

Tritanopia

#d8a8ab · ΔE 29.3

Achromatopsia

#c9c9c9 · ΔE 19.7

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d9c987;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d9c987]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#d9c987 (#d9c987) is rgb(217, 201, 135) in RGB.

No, #d9c987 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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