#D8CD53#D8CD53

#D8CD53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.142 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD53
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -10.91, 60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 61.29, 100.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0348 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.142 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.7134, 58.8880, 16.8244)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD53 #535ED8

analogous

#D88A53 #D8CD53 #A0D853

triadic

#D8CD53 #53D8CD #CD53D8

tetradic

#D8CD53 #53D88A #535ED8 #D853A0

square

#D8CD53 #53D88A #535ED8 #D853A0

split-complementary

#D8CD53 #53A0D8 #8A53D8

monochromatic

#908721 #C2B52C #D8CD53 #E3DC85 #EFEAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#D8CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD53

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD53	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.142 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc88',
    500: '#d8cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd53;
$custom-light: #e7dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83444,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD53

secondary

#3A4195

accent

#4FE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD53

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

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