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#d7df99

a light, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Pale Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Linen Brass

RGB
215, 223, 153
HSL
67°, 52%, 74%
CMYK
4, 0, 31, 13
Luminance
0.6952

#d7df99 is a light vivid yellow, 67° on the wheel and 31/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (14.90:1). As text it scores 1.41:1 on white — use #717B27 instead. Nearest name is Pale Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(67 52% 74%)rgb(215 223 153)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #d7df99 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#d7df99
Hue
67°
yellow
Saturation
52%
vivid
Lightness
74%
light
Brightness
87%
HSV value
Perceived
84%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.6952
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
31/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
14.90:1
Closest name
Pale Goldenrod
ΔE2000 5
Chroma
36.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.881
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 16.4
Web-safe
#CCCC99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue67° of 360°
Saturation52%
Lightness74%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #d7df99.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool31% 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%
Green76%
Blue3%

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

Every format

HEX#d7df99
HEX (8-digit)#d7df99ff
RGBrgb(215, 223, 153)
RGBArgba(215, 223, 153, 1)
HSLhsl(67, 52%, 74%)
HSV / HSBhsv(67, 31%, 87%)
HWBhwb(67 60% 13%)
CMYKcmyk(4%, 0%, 31%, 13%)
LABlab(86.8 -13.6 33.5)
LCHlch(86.8 36.1 112.2)
OKLCHoklch(0.881 0.091 113.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(60.16, 69.52, 40.38)
Decimal14147481
Display P3color(display-p3 0.843 0.875 0.600)
Web-safe#CCCC99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #d7df99;
background-color: #d7df99;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #d7df99;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#d7df99] bg-[#d7df99]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #d7df99;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.600)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.843, green: 0.875, blue: 0.600, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#D7DF99</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFD7DF99)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFD7DF99)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(153, 223, 215)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(215, 223, 153)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(215, 223, 153)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 215, 223, 153)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.8431f, 0.8745f, 0.6000f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{215,223,153}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #d7df99 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #d7df99 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#59611E, #EBEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #d7df99 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: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-100: #F4F6E9;
  --brand-200: #EAEDCF;
  --brand-300: #d7df99;
  --brand-400: #CDD77F;
  --brand-500: #BCC954;
  --brand-600: #ACBA3B;
  --brand-700: #8F9B31;
  --brand-800: #727C27;
  --brand-900: #545B20;
  --brand-950: #343914;
  --brand: #d7df99;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #E7EBC1;
  --brand-hover: #CCD67E;
  --brand-pressed: #C2CE63;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #232414;
    --brand-ink: #EBEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFAF4',
        100: '#F4F6E9',
        200: '#EAEDCF',
        300: '#d7df99',
        400: '#CDD77F',
        500: '#BCC954',
        600: '#ACBA3B',
        700: '#8F9B31',
        800: '#727C27',
        900: '#545B20',
        950: '#343914',
        DEFAULT: '#d7df99',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFAF4,
  '100': #F4F6E9,
  '200': #EAEDCF,
  '300': #d7df99,
  '400': #CDD77F,
  '500': #BCC954,
  '600': #ACBA3B,
  '700': #8F9B31,
  '800': #727C27,
  '900': #545B20,
  '950': #343914,
);
$brand-base: #d7df99;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F4F6E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EAEDCF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#d7df99", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#CDD77F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#BCC954", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#ACBA3B", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#8F9B31", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#727C27", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#545B20", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#343914", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #d7df99 · 14.90:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.41:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 14.90:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #d7df99 as text scores 1.41:1 on white and 14.90:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #59611E at 4.73:1.

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
#717B27 · 4.60:1
AA on white−42% L
#717B27
The quick fox
#555C1D · 7.16:1
AAA on white−50% L
#555C1D
The quick fox
#d7df99 · 14.90:1
AA on blackalready passes
#d7df99
The quick fox
#d7df99 · 14.90:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#d7df99

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #8E9A30 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
#d7df99 on white: 1.41:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#d7df99 on black: 14.90:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #d7df99 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #d7df99.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.41:1AaAa
Slate 501.35:1AaAa
Slate 1001.29:1AaAa
Slate 2001.14:1AaAa
Slate 3001.05:1AaAa
Slate 4001.82:1AaAa
Slate 5003.38:1AaAa
Slate 6005.38:1AaAa
Slate 7007.35:1AaAa
Slate 80010.38:1AaAa
Slate 90012.67:1AaAa
Black14.90:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #E9D894
deuteranopia · #E9DA9C
tritanopia · #DFD7CD

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. #d7df99 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFAF4
#F4F6E9
#EAEDCF
#d7df99
#CDD77F
#BCC954
#ACBA3B
#8F9B31
#727C27
#545B20
#343914
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FAFAF4Darkest = 950 · #343914Text step on white = 800
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 0.023 113.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.036 113.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.055 113.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.071 113.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.084 113.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.091 113.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.091 113.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.085 113.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.076 113.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.064 113.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.050 113.6);
}

Colors that work with #d7df99

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#E7EBC1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#929B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2C3BA0
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#59611E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F7F9EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#232414
Dark-mode background
Hover#CCD67E
One step down in lightness
Pressed#C2CE63
Two steps down
Disabled#F6F6F2
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#E1EAA3
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 #d7df99

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 #59611E
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #8E9A30

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
  • Weight26/100
  • 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#A199DF
Analogous left#DFC499
Analogous right#B4DF99
Split-complement 1#99B4DF
Split-complement 2#C499DF
Triadic 1#99D7DF
Triadic 2#DF99D7
Tetradic#99DFC4
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°67°

#d7df99 sits at 67°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red84.3%
Green87.5%
Blue60.0%
R · 0–255
215
0xd7
G · 0–255
223
0xdf
B · 0–255
153
0x99

CMYK percentages

Cyan3.6%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow31.4%
Key (black)12.5%

Total ink coverage is 48%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#d7df99 text on a black background

contrast 14.90:1

Card sample

#d7df99 text on a white background

contrast 1.41:1

Card sample

#d7df99 on grey

1.29:1

#d7df99 on its own surface

1.34:1

#d7df99 on its dark surface

11.17:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #d7df99;
Background color
Panel with #d7df99 background
background-color: #d7df99;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #d7df99;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(215, 223, 153, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(215, 223, 153, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #d7df99;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #d7df99, #A8DF99);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7df99, #99DF9B);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #d7df99;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #d7df99;
caret-color: #d7df99;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #d7df99;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F7F9EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #d7df99;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#d7df99 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #d7df99 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, 153, 0.5)
rgb(215 223 153 / 50%)
#d7df9980
hsl(67 52% 74% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #d7df99 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#d7df991a#FBFCF5
20%#d7df9933#F7F9EB
40%#d7df9966#EFF2D6
60%#d7df9999#E7ECC2
80%#d7df99cc#DFE5AD

Gradients from #d7df99

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, #E9EEC8, #d7df99 45%, #59611E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #d7df99, #8DD882);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #d7df99, #A199DF);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #F2F5DF 0%, #d7df99 45%, #59611E 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%, #EBD7C0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C1E6B0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #59611E 0%, transparent 65%), #d7df99;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #d7df99

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.

#d7df99 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 14.90:1.

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.

#d7df99, answered

What color is #d7df99?

#d7df99 is a light vivid yellow, closest to Pale Goldenrod (ΔE2000 5). It sits at 67° on the hue wheel with 52% saturation and 74% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #d7df99?

rgb(215, 223, 153) — 215 red, 223 green and 153 blue out of 255, or 84.3% / 87.5% / 60% by channel.

What is #d7df99 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(67, 52%, 74%) and hsv(67, 31%, 87%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #d7df99 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.6952 and perceived brightness is 84%, so black text on it reaches 14.90:1.

Should I use black or white text on #d7df99?

Black. It scores 14.90:1 against #d7df99, versus 1.41:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #d7df99 accessible on a white background?

#d7df99 on white scores 1.41:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #717B27 to reach 4.5:1, or #555C1D for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #d7df99?

#A199DF sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #99B4DF and #C499DF, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #d7df99?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #E7EBC1 for borders, #929B4B for secondary text, #2C3BA0 as an accent and #59611E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #DFC499 and #B4DF99 stays calm, while #A199DF is the loudest partner.

What is #d7df99 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(4%, 0%, 31%, 13%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #d7df99 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 31 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #DFCD99; nudged cooler, #BDE098.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #d7df99?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 16.4 away. That is a visible difference, so define #d7df99 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #d7df99 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#d7df99] or text-[#d7df99], 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 #d7df99 with 50% opacity?

rgba(215, 223, 153, 0.5), or #d7df9980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #EBEFCC; over black, #6C704D.

Is #d7df99 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #CCCC99, ΔE2000 5.8 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #d7df99 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 #d7df99?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #E9EEC8, #d7df99 45%, #59611E). For more colour, a short hue run to #8DD882 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #d7df99 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #d7df99 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.