#D8E596#D8E596

#D8E596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.102 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E596
RGB	rgb(216, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(70, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -16.61, 37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 40.68, 114.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.39% -0.045 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(89.39% 0.102 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8433, 72.8401, 39.6498)
Luminance	0.7284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E596 #A396E5

analogous

#E5CA96 #D8E596 #B1E596

triadic

#D8E596 #96D8E5 #E596D8

tetradic

#D8E596 #96E5CA #A396E5 #E596B1

square

#D8E596 #96E5CA #A396E5 #E596B1

split-complementary

#D8E596 #96B1E5 #CA96E5

monochromatic

#B4CD34 #C6D965 #D8E596 #EAF1C7 #F6F9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#D8E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#D8E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E596

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E596	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFDD90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.102 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5edb5',
    500: '#d8e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e596;
$custom-light: #e5edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8939,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E596

secondary

#7061BF

accent

#1EC83A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFDF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#161611

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E596

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

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