#D8C757#D8C757

#D8C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.133 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C757
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -7.59, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 57.39, 97.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0248 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.133 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.4645, 56.1359, 17.1921)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C757 #5768D8

analogous

#D88757 #D8C757 #A9D857

triadic

#D8C757 #57D8C7 #C757D8

tetradic

#D8C757 #57D887 #5768D8 #D857A9

square

#D8C757 #57D887 #5768D8 #D857A9

split-complementary

#D8C757 #57A9D8 #8757D8

monochromatic

#938422 #C4B02E #D8C757 #E4D889 #EFE8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D8C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C757

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C757	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.133 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d78a',
    500: '#d8c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c757;
$custom-light: #e7d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82233,
    "c": 0.13327,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C757

secondary

#3C4898

accent

#58E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C757

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

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