#D8CC56#D8CC56

#D8CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.139 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC56
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.99, -10.20, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.99, 59.64, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.0324 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.139 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.5933, 58.4584, 17.3682)
Luminance	0.5846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC56 #5662D8

analogous

#D88B56 #D8CC56 #A3D856

triadic

#D8CC56 #56D8CC #CC56D8

tetradic

#D8CC56 #56D88B #5662D8 #D856A3

square

#D8CC56 #56D88B #5662D8 #D856A3

split-complementary

#D8CC56 #56A3D8 #8B56D8

monochromatic

#928822 #C4B62D #D8CC56 #E3DB88 #EFEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D8CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC56

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC56	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.139 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8a',
    500: '#d8cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc56;
$custom-light: #e7db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83264,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC56

secondary

#3B4497

accent

#51E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC56

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

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