#D8CB37#D8CB37

#D8CB37 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.159 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB37
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 74.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -11.38, 70.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 71.22, 99.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.81% -0.039 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(82.81% 0.159 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.3666, 57.5887, 12.0764)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB37 #3744D8

analogous

#D87A37 #D8CB37 #95D837

triadic

#D8CB37 #37D8CB #CB37D8

tetradic

#D8CB37 #37D87A #3744D8 #D83795

square

#D8CB37 #37D87A #3744D8 #D83795

split-complementary

#D8CB37 #3795D8 #7A37D8

monochromatic

#7C7418 #B0A422 #D8CB37 #E2D86A #ECE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#D8CB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB37

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB37	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.159 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da79',
    500: '#d8cb37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb37;
$custom-light: #e8da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.155,
    "s": 67.364,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82809,
    "c": 0.15905,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB37

secondary

#2F3684

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB37

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

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