#D8CB3C#D8CB3C

#D8CB3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.156 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB3C
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -11.16, 68.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 69.53, 99.24°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0379 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.156 104)
XYZ	xyz(50.4926, 57.6391, 12.7399)
Luminance	0.5764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB3C #3C49D8

analogous

#D87D3C #D8CB3C #97D83C

triadic

#D8CB3C #3CD8CB #CB3CD8

tetradic

#D8CB3C #3CD87D #3C49D8 #D83C97

square

#D8CB3C #3CD87D #3C49D8 #D83C97

split-complementary

#D8CB3C #3C97D8 #7D3CD8

monochromatic

#80771A #B3A724 #D8CB3C #E2D96F #ECE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D8CB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#D8CB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB3C

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB3C	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.156 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da7b',
    500: '#d8cb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb3c;
$custom-light: #e8da7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8284,
    "c": 0.15621,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.57637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB3C

secondary

#313887

accent

#4CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB3C

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

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