#D8CA72#D8CA72

#D8CA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CA72
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 47.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -6.93, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 45.96, 98.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.4781, 58.0567, 24.3580)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CA72 #7280D8

analogous

#D89772 #D8CA72 #B3D872

triadic

#D8CA72 #72D8CA #CA72D8

tetradic

#D8CA72 #72D897 #7280D8 #D872B3

square

#D8CA72 #72D897 #7280D8 #D872B3

split-complementary

#D8CA72 #72B3D8 #9772D8

monochromatic

#A3922D #CBB842 #D8CA72 #E5DCA2 #F3EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D8CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA72

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CA72	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C56B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCB76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d99c',
    500: '#d8ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ca72;
$custom-light: #e6d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83184,
    "c": 0.11059,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CA72

secondary

#4855A6

accent

#38C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16140E

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA72

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

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