#D4D596#D4D596

#D4D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.082 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D596
RGB	rgb(212, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(61, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -10.12, 31.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 32.73, 108.02°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.0264 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.082 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4509, 63.7884, 38.1868)
Luminance	0.6379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D596 #9796D5

analogous

#D5B696 #D4D596 #B4D596

triadic

#D4D596 #96D4D5 #D596D4

tetradic

#D4D596 #96D5B6 #9796D5 #D596B4

square

#D4D596 #96D5B6 #9796D5 #D596B4

split-complementary

#D4D596 #96B4D5 #B696D5

monochromatic

#AAAC45 #C2C46A #D4D596 #E6E6C2 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#D4D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#D4D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D596

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D596	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDCDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.082 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2e1b5',
    500: '#d4d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d596;
$custom-light: #e2e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.952,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85725,
    "c": 0.08206,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D596

secondary

#6564AB

accent

#30B632

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D596

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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