#D8CD44#D8CD44

#D8CD44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD44
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 68)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -11.78, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 67.30, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0388 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.1957, 58.6809, 14.0975)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD44 #444FD8

analogous

#D88344 #D8CD44 #99D844

triadic

#D8CD44 #44D8CD #CD44D8

tetradic

#D8CD44 #44D883 #444FD8 #D84499

square

#D8CD44 #44D883 #444FD8 #D84499

split-complementary

#D8CD44 #4499D8 #8344D8

monochromatic

#867E1C #B8AE26 #D8CD44 #E3DB77 #EDE8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D8CD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD44

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD44	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d8cd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd44;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.541,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83316,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD44

secondary

#343B8C

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD44

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

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