#D8CD8A#D8CD8A

#D8CD8A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.087 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD8A
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 138)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 36%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 36.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -5.95, 34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 35.27, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.0152 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.087 100)
XYZ	xyz(54.7385, 60.0980, 32.7564)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD8A #8A95D8

analogous

#D8A68A #D8CD8A #BCD88A

triadic

#D8CD8A #8AD8CD #CD8AD8

tetradic

#D8CD8A #8AD8A6 #8A95D8 #D88ABC

square

#D8CD8A #8AD8A6 #8A95D8 #D88ABC

split-complementary

#D8CD8A #8ABCD8 #A68AD8

monochromatic

#AE9D3A #C9B95C #D8CD8A #E7E1B8 #F7F4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D8CD8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#D8CD8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD8A

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD8A	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCE8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.087 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dcad',
    500: '#d8cd8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd8a;
$custom-light: #e5dcad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.538,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84183,
    "c": 0.08717,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.60097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD8A

secondary

#5864AE

accent

#3DBD28

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161510

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD8A

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

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