#D8CD98#D8CD98

#D8CD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.071 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD98
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 152)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 30%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 29.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -4.24, 27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 28.15, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0095 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.071 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8182, 60.5299, 38.4427)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD98 #98A3D8

analogous

#D8AD98 #D8CD98 #C3D898

triadic

#D8CD98 #98D8CD #CD98D8

tetradic

#D8CD98 #98D8AD #98A3D8 #D898C3

square

#D8CD98 #98D8AD #98A3D8 #D898C3

split-complementary

#D8CD98 #98C3D8 #AD98D8

monochromatic

#B29F43 #C7B76C #D8CD98 #E9E3C4 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8CD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#D8CD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD98

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD98	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.071 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dcb6',
    500: '#d8cd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd98;
$custom-light: #e4dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 45.07,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84444,
    "c": 0.07054,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD98

secondary

#6572AF

accent

#45B82D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD98

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

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