#D8CA4E#D8CA4E

#D8CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA4E
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -9.70, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 62.30, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(82.77% -0.0319 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.77% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.8166, 57.3920, 15.6073)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA4E #4E5CD8

analogous

#D8854E #D8CA4E #A1D84E

triadic

#D8CA4E #4ED8CA #CA4ED8

tetradic

#D8CA4E #4ED885 #4E5CD8 #D84EA1

square

#D8CA4E #4ED885 #4E5CD8 #D84EA1

split-complementary

#D8CA4E #4EA1D8 #854ED8

monochromatic

#8D811F #BFB02A #D8CA4E #E3D980 #EEE8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#D8CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA4E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA4E	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d985',
    500: '#d8ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca4e;
$custom-light: #e7d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8277,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA4E

secondary

#384192

accent

#52E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA4E

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

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