HEX atlas value

#D7C68E

#D7C68E is a warm yellow HEX color close to Burly Wood. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 215, 198, 142, HSL 46, 48%, 70%, has luminance 0.5679, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#D7C68E Sample readable text

HEX #D7C68E

RGB rgb(215, 198, 142)

HSL hsl(46 48% 70%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 8, 34, 16)

Luminance 0.5679

Contrast Black 12.36:1White 1.7:1

CSS

--color-d7c68e: #D7C68E;
.background-d7c68e { background-color: #D7C68E; }
.text-d7c68e { color: #D7C68E; }

Luminance0.5679

Black text12.36:1AA Pass

White text1.7:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#D7C68E","rgb":[215,198,142],"hsl":[46,48,70],"cmyk":[0,8,34,16],"luminance":0.5679,"contrast":{"black":12.36,"white":1.7}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":12.36,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.7,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#EFE8D2","hex":"#EFE8D2","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":17.14,"contrastWhite":1.22,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#E8CF7D","hex":"#E8CF7D","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.65,"contrastWhite":1.54,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C4D78E","hex":"#C4D78E","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.46,"contrastWhite":1.56,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.1,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.02,"contrastWhite":1.75,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Burly Wood adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/d7c68e.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burly-wood.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/pale-gold.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/tan.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#8E9FD7","analogous":["#D7A18E","#C4D78E"],"triadic":["#8ED7C6","#C68ED7"],"tetradic":["#8ED7A1","#8E9FD7","#D78EC4"],"splitComplementary":["#8EC4D7","#A18ED7"],"monochromatic":["#EFE8D2","#D7C68E","#BFA44A"]}

Variants

{"light":"#EFE8D2","dark":"#BFA44A","saturated":"#E8CF7D","desaturated":"#C6BD9F","pastel":"#F6F4EE","neon":"#FFE58F"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"burly-wood","name":"Burly Wood","hex":"#DEB887","distance":17.146428199482248},{"slug":"pale-gold","name":"Pale Gold","hex":"#E6BE8A","distance":17.46424919657298},{"slug":"tan","name":"Tan","hex":"#D2B48C","distance":18.788294228055936},{"slug":"travertine","name":"Travertine","hex":"#D6C1A3","distance":21.61018278497431},{"slug":"champagne-gold","name":"Champagne Gold","hex":"#D6B971","distance":31.796226191169293}]

HEX meaning and use

About #D7C68E

#D7C68E is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #D7C68E is visually closest to Burly Wood, a named orange color with HEX #DEB887.

The RGB channels are 215, 198, and 142, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 46deg with 48% saturation and 70% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, light atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.5679, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.15, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text12.36:1AA Pass

White text1.7:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #D7C68E needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000012.36:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.7:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#EFE8D2#000000 text · best 17.14:1#EFE8D2

#E8CF7D#000000 text · best 13.65:1#E8CF7D

#C4D78E#000000 text · best 13.46:1#C4D78E

Pale Gold#000000 text · best 12.1:1#E6BE8A

Travertine#000000 text · best 12.02:1#D6C1A3

Generated Palette

#D7C68E#D7C68E

#8E9FD7#8E9FD7

#D7A18E#D7A18E

#C4D78E#C4D78E

#EFE8D2#EFE8D2

#BFA44A#BFA44A

Color Harmonies

#8E9FD7#8E9FD7

#D7A18E#D7A18E

#C4D78E#C4D78E

#8ED7C6#8ED7C6

#C68ED7#C68ED7

Variants

#EFE8D2#EFE8D2

#BFA44A#BFA44A

#E8CF7D#E8CF7D

#C6BD9F#C6BD9F

#F6F4EE#F6F4EE

#FFE58F#FFE58F

Nearest Named Colors

Burly Wood#DEB887

Pale Gold#E6BE8A

Tan#D2B48C

Travertine#D6C1A3

Champagne Gold#D6B971

#D7C68E

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #D7C68E

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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