#D8CA37#D8CA37

#D8CA37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.158 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA37
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -10.87, 70.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 70.90, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.6% -0.0375 0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(82.6% 0.158 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1312, 57.1179, 11.9979)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA37 #3745D8

analogous

#D87A37 #D8CA37 #95D837

triadic

#D8CA37 #37D8CA #CA37D8

tetradic

#D8CA37 #37D87A #3745D8 #D83795

square

#D8CA37 #37D87A #3745D8 #D83795

split-complementary

#D8CA37 #3795D8 #7A37D8

monochromatic

#7C7418 #B0A322 #D8CA37 #E2D86A #ECE59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D8CA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#D8CA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA37

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA37	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)

#DCC318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.158 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d979',
    500: '#d8ca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca37;
$custom-light: #e8d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 67.364,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82599,
    "c": 0.1582,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA37

secondary

#2F3784

accent

#4DEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA37

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

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