#D8CC3C#D8CC3C

#D8CC3C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.157 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC3C
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 60)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -11.67, 68.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 69.86, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0393 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.157 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.7295, 58.1129, 12.8188)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC3C #3C48D8

analogous

#D87E3C #D8CC3C #96D83C

triadic

#D8CC3C #3CD8CC #CC3CD8

tetradic

#D8CC3C #3CD87E #3C48D8 #D83C96

square

#D8CC3C #3CD87E #3C48D8 #D83C96

split-complementary

#D8CC3C #3C96D8 #7E3CD8

monochromatic

#80781A #B3A824 #D8CC3C #E2D96F #ECE7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#D8CC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC3C

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC3C	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.157 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7b',
    500: '#d8cc3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc3c;
$custom-light: #e8db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8305,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC3C

secondary

#313887

accent

#4BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC3C

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

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