#D8CD50#D8CD50

#D8CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD50
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -11.10, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 62.55, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.42% -0.0356 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(83.42% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.6001, 58.8426, 16.2276)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD50 #505BD8

analogous

#D88950 #D8CD50 #9FD850

triadic

#D8CD50 #50D8CD #CD50D8

tetradic

#D8CD50 #50D889 #505BD8 #D8509F

square

#D8CD50 #50D889 #505BD8 #D8509F

split-complementary

#D8CD50 #509FD8 #8950D8

monochromatic

#8E8520 #C0B42B #D8CD50 #E3DB82 #EEEAB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#D8CD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD50

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD50	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc87',
    500: '#d8cd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd50;
$custom-light: #e7dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83416,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD50

secondary

#394094

accent

#4FE741

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD50

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

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