#D8CC5B#D8CC5B

#D8CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.134 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC5B
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -9.85, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 57.45, 99.88°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0308 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.134 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8019, 58.5419, 18.4665)
Luminance	0.5854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC5B #5B67D8

analogous

#D88D5B #D8CC5B #A5D85B

triadic

#D8CC5B #5BD8CC #CC5BD8

tetradic

#D8CC5B #5BD88D #5B67D8 #D85BA5

square

#D8CC5B #5BD88D #5B67D8 #D85BA5

split-complementary

#D8CC5B #5BA5D8 #8D5BD8

monochromatic

#958A23 #C7B82F #D8CC5B #E4DB8C #F0EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D8CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC5B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC5B	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.134 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7db8d',
    500: '#d8cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc5b;
$custom-light: #e7db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.24,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83315,
    "c": 0.13443,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC5B

secondary

#3D469A

accent

#2DC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC5B

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

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