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#d7df78

a light, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Morning Brass

RGB
215, 223, 120
HSL
65°, 62%, 67%
CMYK
4, 0, 46, 13
Luminance
0.6858

#d7df78 is a light vivid yellow, 65° on the wheel and 29/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.72:1). As text it scores 1.43:1 on white — use #72791D instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(65 62% 67%)rgb(215 223 120)Base step 400AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7df78 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7df78
Hue
65°
yellow
Saturation
62%
vivid
Lightness
67%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
83%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6858
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
29/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.72:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 5.4
Chroma
52.2
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.876
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 13.7
Web-safe
#CCCC66
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue65° of 360°
Saturation62%
Lightness67%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7df78.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool29% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red21%
Green77%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#d7df78
HEX (8-digit)#d7df78ff
RGBrgb(215, 223, 120)
RGBArgba(215, 223, 120, 1)
HSLhsl(65, 62%, 67%)
HSV / HSBhsv(65, 46%, 87%)
HWBhwb(65 47% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 46%, 13%)
LABlab(86.3 -17.3 49.3)
LCHlch(86.3 52.2 109.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.876 0.128 112.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(57.80, 68.58, 27.96)
Decimal14147448
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.875 0.471)
Web-safe#CCCC66

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7df78;
background-color: #d7df78;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7df78;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7df78] bg-[#d7df78]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7df78;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.471)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.471, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7DF78</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7DF78)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7DF78)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(120, 223, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 223, 120)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 223, 120)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 223, 120)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.8745f, 0.4706f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,223,120}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7df78 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7df78 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#616718, #ECEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7df78 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFBF4;
  --brand-100: #F6F7E8;
  --brand-200: #EDF0CC;
  --brand-300: #E4EAA4;
  --brand-400: #d7df78;
  --brand-500: #C9D44A;
  --brand-600: #BAC62F;
  --brand-700: #9BA527;
  --brand-800: #7C841F;
  --brand-900: #5A601A;
  --brand-950: #393C11;
  --brand: #d7df78;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E9EDC0;
  --brand-hover: #CED85B;
  --brand-pressed: #C6D13E;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #ECEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFBF4',
        100: '#F6F7E8',
        200: '#EDF0CC',
        300: '#E4EAA4',
        400: '#d7df78',
        500: '#C9D44A',
        600: '#BAC62F',
        700: '#9BA527',
        800: '#7C841F',
        900: '#5A601A',
        950: '#393C11',
        DEFAULT: '#d7df78',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFBF4,
  '100': #F6F7E8,
  '200': #EDF0CC,
  '300': #E4EAA4,
  '400': #d7df78,
  '500': #C9D44A,
  '600': #BAC62F,
  '700': #9BA527,
  '800': #7C841F,
  '900': #5A601A,
  '950': #393C11,
);
$brand-base: #d7df78;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFBF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6F7E8", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDF0CC", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4EAA4", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#d7df78", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C9D44A", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BAC62F", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#9BA527", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7C841F", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5A601A", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#393C11", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #d7df78 · 14.72:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.43:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.72:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7df78 as text scores 1.43:1 on white and 14.72:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #616718 at 4.25:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#72791D · 4.70:1
AA on white−38% L
#72791D
The quick fox
#565C16 · 7.15:1
AAA on white−45% L
#565C16
The quick fox
#d7df78 · 14.72:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7df78
The quick fox
#d7df78 · 14.72:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7df78

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #919A24 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#d7df78 on white: 1.43:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7df78 on black: 14.72:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7df78 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7df78.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.43:1AaAa
Slate 501.36:1AaAa
Slate 1001.30:1AaAa
Slate 2001.16:1AaAa
Slate 3001.04:1AaAa
Slate 4001.80:1AaAa
Slate 5003.33:1AaAa
Slate 6005.31:1AaAa
Slate 7007.26:1AaAa
Slate 80010.25:1AaAa
Slate 90012.51:1AaAa
Black14.72:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #ECD76F
deuteranopia · #ECD97D
tritanopia · #E2D4C7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #d7df78 is pinned to step 400; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFBF4
#F6F7E8
#EDF0CC
#E4EAA4
#d7df78
#C9D44A
#BAC62F
#9BA527
#7C841F
#5A601A
#393C11
Base = 400Lightest = 50 · #FAFBF4Darkest = 950 · #393C11Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.032 112.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.051 112.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.076 112.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.099 112.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.117 112.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.128 112.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.128 112.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.120 112.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.107 112.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.089 112.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.070 112.7);
}

Colors that work with #d7df78

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#E9EDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#959B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7588E2
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#616718
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9FAEA
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CED85B
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C6D13E
Two steps down
Disabled#E9EADE
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E2EA81
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #d7df78

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #616718
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #919A24

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight33/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#8078DF
Analogous left#DFB478
Analogous right#A4DF78
Split-complement 1#78A4DF
Split-complement 2#B478DF
Triadic 1#78D7DF
Triadic 2#DF78D7
Tetradic#78DFB4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°65°

#d7df78 sits at 65°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green87.5%
Blue47.1%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
120
0x78

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow46.2%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 62%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7df78 text on a black background

contrast 14.72:1

Card sample

#d7df78 text on a white background

contrast 1.43:1

Card sample

#d7df78 on grey

1.30:1

#d7df78 on its own surface

1.36:1

#d7df78 on its dark surface

11.03:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7df78;
Background color
Panel with #d7df78 background
background-color: #d7df78;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7df78;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 223, 120, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 223, 120, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7df78;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7df78, #92DF78);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7df78, #79DF78);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7df78;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7df78;
caret-color: #d7df78;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7df78;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9FAEA;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7df78;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7df78 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7df78 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(215, 223, 120, 0.5)
rgb(215 223 120 / 50%)
#d7df7880
hsl(65 62% 67% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7df78 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7df781a#FBFCF2
20%#d7df7833#F7F9E4
40%#d7df7866#EFF2C9
60%#d7df7899#E7ECAE
80%#d7df78cc#DFE593

Gradients from #d7df78

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6EBAA, #d7df78 45%, #616718);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7df78, #74D95F);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7df78, #8078DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #EDF1C2 0%, #d7df78 45%, #616718 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #E9C5A1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #ADE591 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #616718 0%, transparent 65%), #d7df78;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7df78

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#d7df78 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 14.72:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#d7df78, answered

What color is #d7df78?

#d7df78 is a light vivid yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 5.4). It sits at 65° on the hue wheel with 62% saturation and 67% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d7df78?

rgb(215, 223, 120) — 215 red, 223 green and 120 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 87.5% / 47.1% by channel.

What is #d7df78 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(65, 62%, 67%) and hsv(65, 46%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7df78 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6858 and perceived brightness is 83%, so black text on it reaches 14.72:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7df78?

Black. It scores 14.72:1 against #d7df78, versus 1.43:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7df78 accessible on a white background?

#d7df78 on white scores 1.43:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #72791D to reach 4.5:1, or #565C16 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7df78?

#8078DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #78A4DF and #B478DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7df78?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E9EDC0 for borders, #959B4B for secondary text, #7588E2 as an accent and #616718 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFB478 and #A4DF78 stays calm, while #8078DF is the loudest partner.

What is #d7df78 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 0%, 46%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7df78 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 29 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFC178; nudged cooler, #B1E176.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7df78?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 13.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7df78 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7df78 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7df78] or text-[#d7df78], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #d7df78 with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 223, 120, 0.5), or #d7df7880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBEFBC; over black, #6C703C.

Is #d7df78 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC66, ΔE2000 4.6 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7df78 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #d7df78?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E6EBAA, #d7df78 45%, #616718). For more colour, a short hue run to #74D95F keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7df78 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7df78 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.