#D8D99E#D8D99E

#D8D99E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.077 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D99E
RGB	rgb(216, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(61, 44%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(61, 27%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 27.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -9.60, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 30.59, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.0247 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.077 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3034, 66.6941, 42.0903)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D99E #9F9ED9

analogous

#D9BC9E #D8D99E #BAD99E

triadic

#D8D99E #9ED8D9 #D99ED8

tetradic

#D8D99E #9ED9BC #9F9ED9 #D99EBA

square

#D8D99E #9ED9BC #9F9ED9 #D99EBA

split-complementary

#D8D99E #9EBAD9 #BC9ED9

monochromatic

#B4B547 #C6C872 #D8D99E #EAEACA #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D8D99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#D8D99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D99E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D99E	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D6A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0D2C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.077 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4e4bb',
    500: '#d8d99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d99e;
$custom-light: #e4e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 43.704,
    "l": 73.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8703,
    "c": 0.077,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D99E

secondary

#6C6BB0

accent

#2FB731

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161512

muted

#848482

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D99E

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

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