#D8CB51#D8CB51

#D8CB51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.142 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB51
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 81)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.69, -10.02, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.69, 61.41, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0325 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.142 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1620, 57.9068, 16.2652)
Luminance	0.5790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB51 #515ED8

analogous

#D88751 #D8CB51 #A1D851

triadic

#D8CB51 #51D8CB #CB51D8

tetradic

#D8CB51 #51D887 #515ED8 #D851A1

square

#D8CB51 #51D887 #515ED8 #D851A1

split-complementary

#D8CB51 #51A1D8 #8751D8

monochromatic

#8F8420 #C1B22B #D8CB51 #E3DA83 #EEE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#D8CB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB51

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB51	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.142 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da87',
    500: '#d8cb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb51;
$custom-light: #e7da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83006,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB51

secondary

#394294

accent

#51E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB51

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

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