#D8CB4B#D8CB4B

#D8CB4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB4B
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.64, -10.39, 63.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.64, 63.87, 99.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.95% -0.0341 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(82.95% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9468, 57.8208, 15.1321)
Luminance	0.5782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB4B #4B58D8

analogous

#D8854B #D8CB4B #9FD84B

triadic

#D8CB4B #4BD8CB #CB4BD8

tetradic

#D8CB4B #4BD885 #4B58D8 #D84B9F

square

#D8CB4B #4BD885 #4B58D8 #D84B9F

split-complementary

#D8CB4B #4B9FD8 #854BD8

monochromatic

#8B811E #BDAF29 #D8CB4B #E3DA7D #EEE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#D8CB4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB4B

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB4B	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)

#DCC53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da84',
    500: '#d8cb4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb4b;
$custom-light: #e7da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82953,
    "c": 0.14629,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB4B

secondary

#373F90

accent

#50E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB4B

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

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