#D8CD51#D8CD51

#D8CD51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.144 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD51
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -11.04, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 62.13, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(83.43% -0.0353 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(83.43% 0.144 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.6373, 58.8575, 16.4236)
Luminance	0.5886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD51 #515CD8

analogous

#D88951 #D8CD51 #9FD851

triadic

#D8CD51 #51D8CD #CD51D8

tetradic

#D8CD51 #51D889 #515CD8 #D8519F

square

#D8CD51 #51D889 #515CD8 #D8519F

split-complementary

#D8CD51 #519FD8 #8951D8

monochromatic

#8F8620 #C1B42B #D8CD51 #E3DB83 #EEEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#D8CD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD51

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD51	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)

#DEC642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.144 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc87',
    500: '#d8cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd51;
$custom-light: #e7dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83425,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD51

secondary

#394094

accent

#4FE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD51

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

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