#D8C856#D8C856

#D8C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C856
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -8.17, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 58.18, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0266 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6548, 56.5814, 17.0554)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C856 #5666D8

analogous

#D88756 #D8C856 #A7D856

triadic

#D8C856 #56D8C8 #C856D8

tetradic

#D8C856 #56D887 #5666D8 #D856A7

square

#D8C856 #56D887 #5666D8 #D856A7

split-complementary

#D8C856 #56A7D8 #8756D8

monochromatic

#928422 #C4B12D #D8C856 #E3D888 #EFE8B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#D8C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C856

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C856	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88a',
    500: '#d8c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c856;
$custom-light: #e7d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8243,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C856

secondary

#3B4697

accent

#56E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C856

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

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