#D8CD97#D8CD97

#D8CD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.072 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD97
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 30.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -4.37, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 28.66, 98.77°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.01 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.072 98)
XYZ	xyz(55.7366, 60.4973, 38.0132)
Luminance	0.6050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD97 #97A2D8

analogous

#D8AD97 #D8CD97 #C3D897

triadic

#D8CD97 #97D8CD #CD97D8

tetradic

#D8CD97 #97D8AD #97A2D8 #D897C3

square

#D8CD97 #97D8AD #97A2D8 #D897C3

split-complementary

#D8CD97 #97C3D8 #AD97D8

monochromatic

#B29F43 #C7B86A #D8CD97 #E9E2C4 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8CD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#D8CD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD97

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD97	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.072 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dcb6',
    500: '#d8cd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd97;
$custom-light: #e5dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84424,
    "c": 0.07175,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.60496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD97

secondary

#6471AF

accent

#45B92D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD97

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

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