#D8CC51#D8CC51

#D8CC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.143 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC51
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.95, -10.53, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.95, 61.77, 99.82°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0339 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.143 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3989, 58.3807, 16.3441)
Luminance	0.5838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC51 #515DD8

analogous

#D88851 #D8CC51 #A0D851

triadic

#D8CC51 #51D8CC #CC51D8

tetradic

#D8CC51 #51D888 #515DD8 #D851A0

square

#D8CC51 #51D888 #515DD8 #D851A0

split-complementary

#D8CC51 #51A0D8 #8851D8

monochromatic

#8F8520 #C1B32B #D8CC51 #E3DB83 #EEE9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#D8CC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC51

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC51	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.143 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db87',
    500: '#d8cc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc51;
$custom-light: #e7db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC51

secondary

#394194

accent

#50E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC51

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

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