#D8CD55#D8CD55

#D8CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD55
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -10.78, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 60.44, 100.27°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0342 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.7918, 58.9193, 17.2370)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD55 #5560D8

analogous

#D88C55 #D8CD55 #A2D855

triadic

#D8CD55 #55D8CD #CD55D8

tetradic

#D8CD55 #55D88C #5560D8 #D855A2

square

#D8CD55 #55D88C #5560D8 #D855A2

split-complementary

#D8CD55 #55A2D8 #8C55D8

monochromatic

#918821 #C3B62D #D8CD55 #E3DC87 #EFEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#D8CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD55

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD55	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)

#DEC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8a',
    500: '#d8cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd55;
$custom-light: #e7dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83463,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD55

secondary

#3B4296

accent

#50E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD55

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

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