#D9C656 — Light Yellow
#D9C656 is a light yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a warm, balanced light butter yellow, and it is also commonly known as Butter Yellow, Lemon Chiffon. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.
#D9C656
Tints and shades (50–950)
Accessibility
Contrast on white
1.73:1
Contrast on black
12.16:1
- AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
- AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
- AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
- UI components (3:1) on whiteFail
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Complementary palette
Analogous palette
Triadic palette
Copy-ready CSS
brand-scale.css
:root {
--brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.01 99.7); /* #f7f6ee */
--brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.021 99.7); /* #edeadb */
--brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.043 99.7); /* #dfdaba */
--brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.078 99.7); /* #ccc287 */
--brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.116 99.7); /* #b3a345 */
--brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.132 99.7); /* #9f8c00 */
--brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.12 99.7); /* #8b7a00 */
--brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.105 99.7); /* #736500 */
--brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.092 99.7); /* #605400 */
--brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.082 99.7); /* #514700 */
--brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.058 99.7); /* #302900 */
}