#D8CA55#D8CA55

#D8CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.138 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA55
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -9.26, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 59.34, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0298 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.138 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0810, 57.4978, 17.0001)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA55 #5563D8

analogous

#D88955 #D8CA55 #A5D855

triadic

#D8CA55 #55D8CA #CA55D8

tetradic

#D8CA55 #55D889 #5563D8 #D855A5

square

#D8CA55 #55D889 #5563D8 #D855A5

split-complementary

#D8CA55 #55A5D8 #8955D8

monochromatic

#918521 #C3B32D #D8CA55 #E3DA87 #EFE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#D8CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA55

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA55	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d989',
    500: '#d8ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca55;
$custom-light: #e7d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82836,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA55

secondary

#3B4596

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA55

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

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