#D8CD4B#D8CD4B

#D8CD4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD4B
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -11.40, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 64.58, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.037 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4222, 58.7715, 15.2906)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD4B #4B56D8

analogous

#D8874B #D8CD4B #9DD84B

triadic

#D8CD4B #4BD8CD #CD4BD8

tetradic

#D8CD4B #4BD887 #4B56D8 #D84B9D

square

#D8CD4B #4BD887 #4B56D8 #D84B9D

split-complementary

#D8CD4B #4B9DD8 #874BD8

monochromatic

#8B821E #BDB129 #D8CD4B #E3DB7D #EEE9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#D8CD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD4B

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD4B	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)

#DEC63A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc84',
    500: '#d8cd4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd4b;
$custom-light: #e7dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83372,
    "c": 0.1481,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD4B

secondary

#373E90

accent

#4DE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD4B

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

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