#D8CC57#D8CC57

#D8CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC57
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -10.14, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 59.21, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0321 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.6339, 58.4747, 17.5819)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC57 #5763D8

analogous

#D88C57 #D8CC57 #A3D857

triadic

#D8CC57 #57D8CC #CC57D8

tetradic

#D8CC57 #57D88C #5763D8 #D857A3

square

#D8CC57 #57D88C #5763D8 #D857A3

split-complementary

#D8CC57 #57A3D8 #8C57D8

monochromatic

#938822 #C4B62E #D8CC57 #E4DB89 #EFEABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D8CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC57

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC57	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8b',
    500: '#d8cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc57;
$custom-light: #e7db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83274,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC57

secondary

#3C4498

accent

#52E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC57

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

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