#D8CD4A#D8CD4A

#D8CD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.149 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD4A
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -11.46, 63.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 64.98, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0373 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.149 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.3882, 58.7579, 15.1118)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD4A #4A55D8

analogous

#D8864A #D8CD4A #9CD84A

triadic

#D8CD4A #4AD8CD #CD4AD8

tetradic

#D8CD4A #4AD886 #4A55D8 #D84A9C

square

#D8CD4A #4AD886 #4A55D8 #D84A9C

split-complementary

#D8CD4A #4A9CD8 #864AD8

monochromatic

#8A821E #BCB129 #D8CD4A #E3DB7C #EEE9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D8CD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD4A

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD4A	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)

#DEC638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.149 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc83',
    500: '#d8cd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd4a;
$custom-light: #e7dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.352,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83364,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD4A

secondary

#363D90

accent

#4DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD4A

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

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