#D8CC49#D8CC49

#D8CC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC49
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -11.01, 64.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 65.02, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0361 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.1164, 58.2677, 14.8563)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC49 #4955D8

analogous

#D88549 #D8CC49 #9DD849

triadic

#D8CC49 #49D8CC #CC49D8

tetradic

#D8CC49 #49D885 #4955D8 #D8499D

square

#D8CC49 #49D885 #4955D8 #D8499D

split-complementary

#D8CC49 #499DD8 #8549D8

monochromatic

#89801D #BCAF28 #D8CC49 #E3DA7B #EEE8AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#D8CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC49

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC49	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db82',
    500: '#d8cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc49;
$custom-light: #e7db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.965,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83146,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC49

secondary

#363D8F

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC49

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

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