#D8D996#D8D996

#D8D996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.087 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D996
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(61, 31%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.21, -10.62, 32.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.21, 34.65, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0279 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.087 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6371, 66.4276, 38.5811)
Luminance	0.6643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D996 #9796D9

analogous

#D9B996 #D8D996 #B7D996

triadic

#D8D996 #96D8D9 #D996D8

tetradic

#D8D996 #96D9B9 #9796D9 #D996B7

square

#D8D996 #96D9B9 #9796D9 #D996B7

split-complementary

#D8D996 #96B7D9 #B996D9

monochromatic

#B2B441 #C7C969 #D8D996 #E9E9C3 #F7F7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D8D996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#D8D996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D996

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D996	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.087 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e4b5',
    500: '#d8d996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d996;
$custom-light: #e5e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.896,
    "s": 46.853,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86879,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D996

secondary

#6463B0

accent

#2BBA2E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D996

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

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