#D8CB4A#D8CB4A

#D8CB4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.147 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB4A
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, -10.45, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 64.27, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0344 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.147 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9129, 57.8072, 14.9533)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB4A #4A57D8

analogous

#D8844A #D8CB4A #9ED84A

triadic

#D8CB4A #4AD8CB #CB4AD8

tetradic

#D8CB4A #4AD884 #4A57D8 #D84A9E

square

#D8CB4A #4AD884 #4A57D8 #D84A9E

split-complementary

#D8CB4A #4A9ED8 #844AD8

monochromatic

#8A801E #BCAF29 #D8CB4A #E3D97C #EEE8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#D8CB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB4A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB4A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.147 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da83',
    500: '#d8cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb4a;
$custom-light: #e7da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.507,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82945,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB4A

secondary

#363F90

accent

#50E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB4A

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

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