#D8CA57#D8CA57

#D8CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA57
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.48, -9.12, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.48, 58.47, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.86% -0.0292 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(82.86% 0.136 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1616, 57.5301, 17.4244)
Luminance	0.5753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA57 #5765D8

analogous

#D88957 #D8CA57 #A6D857

triadic

#D8CA57 #57D8CA #CA57D8

tetradic

#D8CA57 #57D889 #5765D8 #D857A6

square

#D8CA57 #57D889 #5765D8 #D857A6

split-complementary

#D8CA57 #57A6D8 #8957D8

monochromatic

#938622 #C4B42E #D8CA57 #E4DA89 #EFE9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D8CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA57

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA57	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98b',
    500: '#d8ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca57;
$custom-light: #e7d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82856,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA57

secondary

#3C4698

accent

#54E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA57

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

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