#D8C871#D8C871

#D8C871 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.110 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C871
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 113)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 48%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 47.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -5.99, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 45.67, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.0174 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.11 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.9553, 57.1016, 23.9045)
Luminance	0.5710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C871 #7181D8

analogous

#D89571 #D8C871 #B4D871

triadic

#D8C871 #71D8C8 #C871D8

tetradic

#D8C871 #71D895 #7181D8 #D871B4

square

#D8C871 #71D895 #7181D8 #D871B4

split-complementary

#D8C871 #71B4D8 #9571D8

monochromatic

#A2902D #CBB541 #D8C871 #E5DBA1 #F2EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D8C871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D8C871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C871

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C871	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C46A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCA75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.110 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d89b',
    500: '#d8c871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c871;
$custom-light: #e6d89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82757,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C871

secondary

#4756A6

accent

#3AC421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C871

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

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