#D8CD3F#D8CD3F

#D8CD3F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.156 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD3F
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.08, -12.03, 68.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.08, 69.14, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.04 0.1509)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.156 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.0495, 58.6224, 13.3279)
Luminance	0.5862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD3F #3F4AD8

analogous

#D8803F #D8CD3F #97D83F

triadic

#D8CD3F #3FD8CD #CD3FD8

tetradic

#D8CD3F #3FD880 #3F4AD8 #D83F97

square

#D8CD3F #3FD880 #3F4AD8 #D83F97

split-complementary

#D8CD3F #3F97D8 #803FD8

monochromatic

#827B1A #B5AB25 #D8CD3F #E2DA72 #EDE7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#D8CD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD3F

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD3F	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.156 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7d',
    500: '#d8cd3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd3f;
$custom-light: #e8db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.686,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8328,
    "c": 0.15615,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD3F

secondary

#323889

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD3F

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

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