#D8CB45#D8CB45

#D8CB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.150 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB45
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.60, -10.72, 65.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.60, 66.23, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0357 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.151 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.7511, 57.7425, 14.1012)
Luminance	0.5774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB45 #4552D8

analogous

#D88145 #D8CB45 #9BD845

triadic

#D8CB45 #45D8CB #CB45D8

tetradic

#D8CB45 #45D881 #4552D8 #D8459B

square

#D8CB45 #45D881 #4552D8 #D8459B

split-complementary

#D8CB45 #459BD8 #8145D8

monochromatic

#867D1C #B9AC27 #D8CB45 #E3D978 #EDE7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#D8CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB45

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB45	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.150 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8da80',
    500: '#d8cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb45;
$custom-light: #e8da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82904,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB45

secondary

#343C8D

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB45

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

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