#D8CA51#D8CA51

#D8CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.141 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA51
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -9.52, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 61.05, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.031 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.141 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9266, 57.4360, 16.1867)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA51 #515FD8

analogous

#D88651 #D8CA51 #A2D851

triadic

#D8CA51 #51D8CA #CA51D8

tetradic

#D8CA51 #51D886 #515FD8 #D851A2

square

#D8CA51 #51D886 #515FD8 #D851A2

split-complementary

#D8CA51 #51A2D8 #8651D8

monochromatic

#8F8320 #C1B12B #D8CA51 #E3D983 #EEE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#D8CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA51

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA51	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC443

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.141 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d987',
    500: '#d8ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca51;
$custom-light: #e7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82798,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA51

secondary

#394394

accent

#53E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA51

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

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