#D8CD45#D8CD45

#D8CD45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.152 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD45
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -11.73, 65.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 66.92, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0386 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.152 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2264, 58.6932, 14.2596)
Luminance	0.5869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD45 #4550D8

analogous

#D88345 #D8CD45 #99D845

triadic

#D8CD45 #45D8CD #CD45D8

tetradic

#D8CD45 #45D883 #4550D8 #D84599

square

#D8CD45 #45D883 #4550D8 #D84599

split-complementary

#D8CD45 #4599D8 #8345D8

monochromatic

#867E1C #B9AE27 #D8CD45 #E3DB78 #EDE8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D8CD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD45

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD45	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)

#DFC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.152 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d8cd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd45;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83324,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD45

secondary

#343B8D

accent

#4CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD45

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

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