#D8CB55#D8CB55

#D8CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.139 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB55
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -9.76, 58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 59.70, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0313 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.139 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.3164, 57.9686, 17.0785)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB55 #5562D8

analogous

#D88A55 #D8CB55 #A4D855

triadic

#D8CB55 #55D8CB #CB55D8

tetradic

#D8CB55 #55D88A #5562D8 #D855A4

square

#D8CB55 #55D88A #5562D8 #D855A4

split-complementary

#D8CB55 #55A4D8 #8A55D8

monochromatic

#918621 #C3B42D #D8CB55 #E3DA87 #EFE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#D8CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB55

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB55	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.139 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da89',
    500: '#d8cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb55;
$custom-light: #e7da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83045,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB55

secondary

#3B4496

accent

#52E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB55

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

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