#D8CA56#D8CA56

#D8CA56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.137 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA56
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -9.19, 58.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 58.91, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.85% -0.0295 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.85% 0.137 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.1210, 57.5138, 17.2108)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA56 #5664D8

analogous

#D88956 #D8CA56 #A5D856

triadic

#D8CA56 #56D8CA #CA56D8

tetradic

#D8CA56 #56D889 #5664D8 #D856A5

square

#D8CA56 #56D889 #5664D8 #D856A5

split-complementary

#D8CA56 #56A5D8 #8956D8

monochromatic

#928622 #C4B32D #D8CA56 #E3DA88 #EFE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#D8CA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA56

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA56	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)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.137 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98a',
    500: '#d8ca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca56;
$custom-light: #e7d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82846,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA56

secondary

#3B4597

accent

#54E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA56

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

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