#D8CD49#D8CD49

#D8CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.150 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD49
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -11.51, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 65.38, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0375 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.15 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3548, 58.7445, 14.9357)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD49 #4954D8

analogous

#D88649 #D8CD49 #9BD849

triadic

#D8CD49 #49D8CD #CD49D8

tetradic

#D8CD49 #49D886 #4954D8 #D8499B

square

#D8CD49 #49D886 #4954D8 #D8499B

split-complementary

#D8CD49 #499BD8 #8649D8

monochromatic

#89811D #BCB028 #D8CD49 #E3DB7B #EEE9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D8CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD49

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD49	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.150 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc83',
    500: '#d8cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd49;
$custom-light: #e7dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83355,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD49

secondary

#363D8F

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD49

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

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