#D8CB4C#D8CB4C

#D8CB4C 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 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB4C
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 76)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 64.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -10.33, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 63.47, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0339 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9813, 57.8346, 15.3138)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB4C #4C59D8

analogous

#D8854C #D8CB4C #9FD84C

triadic

#D8CB4C #4CD8CB #CB4CD8

tetradic

#D8CB4C #4CD885 #4C59D8 #D84C9F

square

#D8CB4C #4CD885 #4C59D8 #D84C9F

split-complementary

#D8CB4C #4C9FD8 #854CD8

monochromatic

#8B811E #BEB029 #D8CB4C #E3DA7E #EEE8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D8CB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB4C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB4C	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da84',
    500: '#d8cb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb4c;
$custom-light: #e7da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82962,
    "c": 0.14556,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB4C

secondary

#373F91

accent

#50E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB4C

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

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