#D8CC4E#D8CC4E

#D8CC4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC4E
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -10.72, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 63.01, 99.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0348 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.2889, 58.3366, 15.7647)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC4E #4E5AD8

analogous

#D8874E #D8CC4E #9FD84E

triadic

#D8CC4E #4ED8CC #CC4ED8

tetradic

#D8CC4E #4ED887 #4E5AD8 #D84E9F

square

#D8CC4E #4ED887 #4E5AD8 #D84E9F

split-complementary

#D8CC4E #4E9FD8 #874ED8

monochromatic

#8D831F #BFB22A #D8CC4E #E3DA80 #EEE9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#D8CC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC4E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC4E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db85',
    500: '#d8cc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc4e;
$custom-light: #e7db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83188,
    "c": 0.14497,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC4E

secondary

#384092

accent

#4FE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC4E

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

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