#D8CB56#D8CB56

#D8CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB56
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -9.70, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 59.27, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.06% -0.031 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(83.06% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(51.3564, 57.9846, 17.2892)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB56 #5663D8

analogous

#D88A56 #D8CB56 #A4D856

triadic

#D8CB56 #56D8CB #CB56D8

tetradic

#D8CB56 #56D88A #5663D8 #D856A4

square

#D8CB56 #56D88A #5663D8 #D856A4

split-complementary

#D8CB56 #56A4D8 #8A56D8

monochromatic

#928722 #C4B52D #D8CB56 #E3DA88 #EFEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#D8CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB56

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB56	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8a',
    500: '#d8cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb56;
$custom-light: #e7da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83055,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.57983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB56

secondary

#3B4497

accent

#53E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB56

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

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