#D8CD96#D8CD96

#D8CD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.073 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD96
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 30.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.09, -4.50, 28.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.09, 29.17, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(84.41% -0.0104 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(84.41% 0.073 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6558, 60.4649, 37.5873)
Luminance	0.6046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD96 #96A1D8

analogous

#D8AC96 #D8CD96 #C2D896

triadic

#D8CD96 #96D8CD #CD96D8

tetradic

#D8CD96 #96D8AC #96A1D8 #D896C2

square

#D8CD96 #96D8AC #96A1D8 #D896C2

split-complementary

#D8CD96 #96C2D8 #AC96D8

monochromatic

#B29F42 #C7B869 #D8CD96 #E9E2C3 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8CD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#D8CD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD96

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD96	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.073 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dcb5',
    500: '#d8cd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd96;
$custom-light: #e5dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84405,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD96

secondary

#6370AF

accent

#44B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD96

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

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