#D8C656#D8C656

#D8C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.133 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C656
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -7.15, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 57.48, 97.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0237 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.133 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1946, 55.6611, 16.9020)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C656 #5668D8

analogous

#D88556 #D8C656 #A9D856

triadic

#D8C656 #56D8C6 #C656D8

tetradic

#D8C656 #56D885 #5668D8 #D856A9

square

#D8C656 #56D885 #5668D8 #D856A9

split-complementary

#D8C656 #56A9D8 #8556D8

monochromatic

#928222 #C4AF2D #D8C656 #E3D788 #EFE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#D8C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C656

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C656	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.133 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d78a',
    500: '#d8c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c656;
$custom-light: #e7d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82015,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C656

secondary

#3B4897

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C656

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

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