#D8CC45#D8CC45

#D8CC45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.151 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC45
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -11.23, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 66.58, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0372 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.151 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9880, 58.2163, 14.1801)
Luminance	0.5821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC45 #4551D8

analogous

#D88245 #D8CC45 #9AD845

triadic

#D8CC45 #45D8CC #CC45D8

tetradic

#D8CC45 #45D882 #4551D8 #D8459A

square

#D8CC45 #45D882 #4551D8 #D8459A

split-complementary

#D8CC45 #459AD8 #8245D8

monochromatic

#867E1C #B9AD27 #D8CC45 #E3DA78 #EDE8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D8CC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC45

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC45	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.151 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d8cc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc45;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.102,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83114,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC45

secondary

#343C8D

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC45

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

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