#D8CC53#D8CC53
#D8CC53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D8CC53 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(216, 204, 83) |
| HSL | hsl(55, 63%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(55, 62%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 61.6%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.97, -10.40, 60.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.97, 60.93, 99.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.23% -0.0333 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.23% 0.141 103.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4750, 58.4111, 16.7449) |
| Luminance | 0.5841 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.33
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.86
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 5.25
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.27
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.46
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D8CC53 #535FD8
analogous
#D88953 #D8CC53 #A1D853
triadic
#D8CC53 #53D8CC #CC53D8
tetradic
#D8CC53 #53D889 #535FD8 #D853A1
square
#D8CC53 #53D889 #535FD8 #D853A1
split-complementary
#D8CC53 #53A1D8 #8953D8
monochromatic
#908621 #C2B42C #D8CC53 #E3DB85 #EFEAB7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#D8CC53 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.68
#D8CC53 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D8CC53
12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D8CC53 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D8CC53 | 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)
#DDC645
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC5A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E7BFB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d8cc53; /* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 83); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 103.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e7db88',
500: '#d8cc53',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d8cc53; $custom-light: #e7db88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d8cc53",
"rgb": {
"r": 216,
"g": 204,
"b": 83
},
"hsl": {
"h": 54.586,
"s": 63.033,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83234,
"c": 0.14108,
"h": 103.7
},
"luminance": 0.58409
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D8CC53
secondary
#3A4295
accent
#51E642
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#16140C
muted
#85837F