#D8D995#D8D995

#D8D995 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.088 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D995
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 31.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.20, -10.75, 33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.20, 35.15, 107.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.86% -0.0283 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(86.86% 0.088 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.5569, 66.3955, 38.1588)
Luminance	0.6640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D995 #9695D9

analogous

#D9B895 #D8D995 #B6D995

triadic

#D8D995 #95D8D9 #D995D8

tetradic

#D8D995 #95D9B8 #9695D9 #D995B6

square

#D8D995 #95D9B8 #9695D9 #D995B6

split-complementary

#D8D995 #95B6D9 #B895D9

monochromatic

#B2B340 #C7C968 #D8D995 #E9E9C2 #F7F7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D8D995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.28

#D8D995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D995

14.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D995	1.00	1.47	14.28	14.28
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.088 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e4b4',
    500: '#d8d995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d995;
$custom-light: #e5e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.882,
    "s": 47.222,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86861,
    "c": 0.08787,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D995

secondary

#6362B0

accent

#2BBA2D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D995

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

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