#D3C856#D3C856

#D3C856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C856
RGB	rgb(211, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 59.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -10.25, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 57.93, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0322 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.1997, 55.8311, 16.9871)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C856 #5661D3

analogous

#D38956 #D3C856 #9FD356

triadic

#D3C856 #56D3C8 #C856D3

tetradic

#D3C856 #56D389 #5661D3 #D3569F

square

#D3C856 #56D389 #5661D3 #D3569F

split-complementary

#D3C856 #569FD3 #8956D3

monochromatic

#8B8224 #BBAF31 #D3C856 #E0D887 #ECE8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D3C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D3C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C856

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C856	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d88a',
    500: '#d3c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c856;
$custom-light: #e3d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8199,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C856

secondary

#3C4491

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C856

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

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