#D8D596#D8D596

#D8D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.082 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D596
RGB	rgb(216, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 30.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.17, -8.60, 31.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.17, 32.74, 105.22°)
OKLab	oklab(86.05% -0.0221 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(86.05% 0.082 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6185, 64.3905, 38.2416)
Luminance	0.6439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D596 #9699D8

analogous

#D8B496 #D8D596 #BAD896

triadic

#D8D596 #96D8D5 #D596D8

tetradic

#D8D596 #96D8B4 #9699D8 #D896BA

square

#D8D596 #96D8B4 #9699D8 #D896BA

split-complementary

#D8D596 #96BAD8 #B496D8

monochromatic

#B2AD42 #C7C369 #D8D596 #E9E7C3 #F7F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D8D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.88

#D8D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D596

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D596	1.00	1.51	13.88	13.88
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0D092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.082 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e1b5',
    500: '#d8d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d596;
$custom-light: #e5e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8605,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D596

secondary

#6367AF

accent

#33B92C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D596

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

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