#D8CB4E#D8CB4E

#D8CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.144 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB4E
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -10.21, 61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 62.65, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.98% -0.0333 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(82.98% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.0520, 57.8628, 15.6857)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB4E #4E5BD8

analogous

#D8864E #D8CB4E #A0D84E

triadic

#D8CB4E #4ED8CB #CB4ED8

tetradic

#D8CB4E #4ED886 #4E5BD8 #D84EA0

square

#D8CB4E #4ED886 #4E5BD8 #D84EA0

split-complementary

#D8CB4E #4EA0D8 #864ED8

monochromatic

#8D821F #BFB12A #D8CB4E #E3DA80 #EEE8B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#D8CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB4E

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB4E	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)

#DCC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.144 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da85',
    500: '#d8cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb4e;
$custom-light: #e7da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82979,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB4E

secondary

#384092

accent

#51E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB4E

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

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