#D8CD43#D8CD43

#D8CD43 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.154 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD43
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 67)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 69%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.11, -11.84, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.11, 67.68, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(83.31% -0.0391 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(83.31% 0.154 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1654, 58.6688, 13.9382)
Luminance	0.5867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD43 #434ED8

analogous

#D88243 #D8CD43 #99D843

triadic

#D8CD43 #43D8CD #CD43D8

tetradic

#D8CD43 #43D882 #434ED8 #D84399

square

#D8CD43 #43D882 #434ED8 #D84399

split-complementary

#D8CD43 #4399D8 #8243D8

monochromatic

#857D1C #B8AD26 #D8CD43 #E3DA76 #EDE8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#D8CD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD43

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD43	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.154 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db7f',
    500: '#d8cd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd43;
$custom-light: #e8db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83309,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD43

secondary

#343A8C

accent

#4CE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD43

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

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