#D8CA3C#D8CA3C

#D8CA3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.155 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA3C
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -10.66, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 69.20, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.63% -0.0365 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(82.63% 0.155 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2572, 57.1683, 12.6614)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA3C #3C4AD8

analogous

#D87C3C #D8CA3C #98D83C

triadic

#D8CA3C #3CD8CA #CA3CD8

tetradic

#D8CA3C #3CD87C #3C4AD8 #D83C98

square

#D8CA3C #3CD87C #3C4AD8 #D83C98

split-complementary

#D8CA3C #3C98D8 #7C3CD8

monochromatic

#80771A #B3A624 #D8CA3C #E2D86F #ECE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D8CA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#D8CA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA3C

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA3C	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.155 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97b',
    500: '#d8ca3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca3c;
$custom-light: #e8d97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.615,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8263,
    "c": 0.15535,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA3C

secondary

#313987

accent

#4EEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA3C

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

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