#D8CC4A#D8CC4A

#D8CC4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.148 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC4A
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.89, -10.95, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.89, 64.63, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.0359 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.148 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.1498, 58.2810, 15.0323)
Luminance	0.5828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC4A #4A56D8

analogous

#D8854A #D8CC4A #9DD84A

triadic

#D8CC4A #4AD8CC #CC4AD8

tetradic

#D8CC4A #4AD885 #4A56D8 #D84A9D

square

#D8CC4A #4AD885 #4A56D8 #D84A9D

split-complementary

#D8CC4A #4A9DD8 #854AD8

monochromatic

#8A811E #BCB029 #D8CC4A #E3DA7C #EEE8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.66

#D8CC4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC4A

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC4A	1.00	1.66	12.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.148 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db83',
    500: '#d8cc4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc4a;
$custom-light: #e7db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83154,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.58279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC4A

secondary

#363E90

accent

#4EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC4A

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

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