#D8CC59#D8CC59

#D8CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.136 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC59
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -10.00, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 58.34, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.29% -0.0315 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(83.29% 0.136 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.7167, 58.5078, 18.0182)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC59 #5965D8

analogous

#D88D59 #D8CC59 #A4D859

triadic

#D8CC59 #59D8CC #CC59D8

tetradic

#D8CC59 #59D88D #5965D8 #D859A4

square

#D8CC59 #59D88D #5965D8 #D859A4

split-complementary

#D8CC59 #59A4D8 #8D59D8

monochromatic

#948923 #C5B72E #D8CC59 #E4DB8B #EFEABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D8CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC59

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC59	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8c',
    500: '#d8cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc59;
$custom-light: #e7db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83294,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC59

secondary

#3C4599

accent

#52E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC59

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

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