#D8CB59#D8CB59

#D8CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CB59
RGB	rgb(216, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -9.49, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 57.96, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.03 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.4798, 58.0340, 17.9392)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CB59 #5966D8

analogous

#D88B59 #D8CB59 #A6D859

triadic

#D8CB59 #59D8CB #CB59D8

tetradic

#D8CB59 #59D88B #5966D8 #D859A6

square

#D8CB59 #59D88B #5966D8 #D859A6

split-complementary

#D8CB59 #59A6D8 #8B59D8

monochromatic

#948823 #C5B62E #D8CB59 #E4DB8B #EFEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#D8CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#D8CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CB59

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CB59	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7da8c',
    500: '#d8cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cb59;
$custom-light: #e7da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83085,
    "c": 0.13521,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CB59

secondary

#3C4699

accent

#53E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CB59

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

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