#D8D899#D8D899

#D8D899 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.082 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D899
RGB	rgb(216, 216, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -9.74, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 32.65, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0253 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.082 108)
XYZ	xyz(58.6248, 66.0115, 39.7840)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D899 #9999D8

analogous

#D8B999 #D8D899 #B9D899

triadic

#D8D899 #99D8D8 #D899D8

tetradic

#D8D899 #99D8B9 #9999D8 #D899B9

square

#D8D899 #99D8B9 #9999D8 #D899B9

split-complementary

#D8D899 #99B9D8 #B999D8

monochromatic

#B2B244 #C7C76D #D8D899 #E9E9C5 #F7F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#D8D899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#D8D899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D899

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D899	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D0C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 216, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.082 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4e4b7',
    500: '#d8d899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d899;
$custom-light: #e4e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86727,
    "c": 0.08184,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.66011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D899

secondary

#6666AF

accent

#2EB82E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D899

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

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