#D8C853#D8C853

#D8C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C853
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, -8.37, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 59.48, 98.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.4% -0.0275 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(82.4% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5365, 56.5340, 16.4321)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C853 #5363D8

analogous

#D88553 #D8C853 #A5D853

triadic

#D8C853 #53D8C8 #C853D8

tetradic

#D8C853 #53D885 #5363D8 #D853A5

square

#D8C853 #53D885 #5363D8 #D853A5

split-complementary

#D8C853 #53A5D8 #8553D8

monochromatic

#908321 #C2B02C #D8C853 #E3D885 #EFE8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#D8C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C853

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C853	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d888',
    500: '#d8c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c853;
$custom-light: #e7d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.824,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C853

secondary

#3A4595

accent

#55E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C853

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

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