#D8CA59#D8CA59

#D8CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.134 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA59
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -8.98, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 57.59, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.0286 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.134 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.2444, 57.5632, 17.8608)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA59 #5967D8

analogous

#D88B59 #D8CA59 #A6D859

triadic

#D8CA59 #59D8CA #CA59D8

tetradic

#D8CA59 #59D88B #5967D8 #D859A6

square

#D8CA59 #59D88B #5967D8 #D859A6

split-complementary

#D8CA59 #59A6D8 #8B59D8

monochromatic

#948723 #C5B52E #D8CA59 #E4DA8B #EFEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#D8CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA59

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA59	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.134 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d98c',
    500: '#d8ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca59;
$custom-light: #e7d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82877,
    "c": 0.13428,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA59

secondary

#3C4799

accent

#55E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA59

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

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