#D8CD99#D8CD99

#D8CD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.069 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD99
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -4.11, 27.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 27.64, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0091 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.069 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.9004, 60.5628, 38.8759)
Luminance	0.6056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD99 #99A4D8

analogous

#D8AE99 #D8CD99 #C3D899

triadic

#D8CD99 #99D8CD #CD99D8

tetradic

#D8CD99 #99D8AE #99A4D8 #D899C3

square

#D8CD99 #99D8AE #99A4D8 #D899C3

split-complementary

#D8CD99 #99C3D8 #AE99D8

monochromatic

#B29F44 #C7B76D #D8CD99 #E9E3C5 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D8CD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#D8CD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD99

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD99	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)

#D7CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.069 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dcb7',
    500: '#d8cd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd99;
$custom-light: #e4dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84464,
    "c": 0.06933,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD99

secondary

#6673AF

accent

#46B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD99

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

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