#D8C85B#D8C85B

#D8C85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.131 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C85B
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -7.82, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 55.97, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.48% -0.025 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(82.48% 0.131 101)
XYZ	xyz(50.8633, 56.6648, 18.1537)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C85B #5B6BD8

analogous

#D8895B #D8C85B #A9D85B

triadic

#D8C85B #5BD8C8 #C85BD8

tetradic

#D8C85B #5BD889 #5B6BD8 #D85BA9

square

#D8C85B #5BD889 #5B6BD8 #D85BA9

split-complementary

#D8C85B #5BA9D8 #895BD8

monochromatic

#958723 #C7B32F #D8C85B #E4D98C #F0E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D8C85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#D8C85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C85B

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C85B	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.131 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d88d',
    500: '#d8c85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c85b;
$custom-light: #e7d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82483,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.56663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C85B

secondary

#3D499A

accent

#32C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C85B

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

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