#D8CB57#D8CB57

#D8CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB57
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -9.63, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 58.84, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0307 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.137 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.3970, 58.0008, 17.5029)
Luminance	0.5800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB57 #5764D8

analogous

#D88A57 #D8CB57 #A5D857

triadic

#D8CB57 #57D8CB #CB57D8

tetradic

#D8CB57 #57D88A #5764D8 #D857A5

square

#D8CB57 #57D88A #5764D8 #D857A5

split-complementary

#D8CB57 #57A5D8 #8A57D8

monochromatic

#938722 #C4B52E #D8CB57 #E4DA89 #EFEABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#D8CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB57

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB57	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)

#DCC54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8b',
    500: '#d8cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb57;
$custom-light: #e7da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83065,
    "c": 0.13689,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB57

secondary

#3C4598

accent

#53E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB57

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

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