#D8CD4C#D8CD4C

#D8CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.147 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD4C
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 64.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -11.34, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 64.18, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% -0.0367 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.147 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4567, 58.7853, 15.4723)
Luminance	0.5878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD4C #4C57D8

analogous

#D8874C #D8CD4C #9DD84C

triadic

#D8CD4C #4CD8CD #CD4CD8

tetradic

#D8CD4C #4CD887 #4C57D8 #D84C9D

square

#D8CD4C #4CD887 #4C57D8 #D84C9D

split-complementary

#D8CD4C #4C9DD8 #874CD8

monochromatic

#8B831E #BEB229 #D8CD4C #E3DB7E #EEE9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D8CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#D8CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD4C

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD4C	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.147 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc84',
    500: '#d8cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd4c;
$custom-light: #e7dc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.286,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8338,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD4C

secondary

#373E91

accent

#4EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD4C

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

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