#D8CA61#D8CA61

#D8CA61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA61
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 55.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.57, -8.38, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.57, 53.99, 98.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.026 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.5988, 57.7049, 19.7271)
Luminance	0.5770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA61 #616FD8

analogous

#D88F61 #D8CA61 #ABD861

triadic

#D8CA61 #61D8CA #CA61D8

tetradic

#D8CA61 #61D88F #616FD8 #D861AB

square

#D8CA61 #61D88F #616FD8 #D861AB

split-complementary

#D8CA61 #61ABD8 #8F61D8

monochromatic

#998B26 #CAB832 #D8CA61 #E4DA92 #F0EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#D8CA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA61

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA61	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d991',
    500: '#d8ca61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca61;
$custom-light: #e6d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82965,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA61

secondary

#404B9D

accent

#31C81D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA61

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

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