#D8CE99#D8CE99

#D8CE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.070 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE99
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.40, -4.63, 27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.40, 28.06, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0106 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.07 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.1404, 61.0427, 38.9559)
Luminance	0.6104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE99 #99A3D8

analogous

#D8AE99 #D8CE99 #C3D899

triadic

#D8CE99 #99D8CE #CE99D8

tetradic

#D8CE99 #99D8AE #99A3D8 #D899C3

square

#D8CE99 #99D8AE #99A3D8 #D899C3

split-complementary

#D8CE99 #99C3D8 #AE99D8

monochromatic

#B2A144 #C7B96D #D8CE99 #E9E3C5 #F7F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D8CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.21

#D8CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE99

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE99	1.00	1.59	13.21	13.21
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2C6C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.070 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4dcb7',
    500: '#d8ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce99;
$custom-light: #e4dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84668,
    "c": 0.07036,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE99

secondary

#6672AF

accent

#44B82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE99

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

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