#D8CD56#D8CD56

#D8CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.140 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD56
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.26, -10.71, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.26, 60.01, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.47% -0.0338 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.47% 0.14 104)
XYZ	xyz(51.8318, 58.9353, 17.4477)
Luminance	0.5893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD56 #5661D8

analogous

#D88C56 #D8CD56 #A2D856

triadic

#D8CD56 #56D8CD #CD56D8

tetradic

#D8CD56 #56D88C #5661D8 #D856A2

square

#D8CD56 #56D88C #5661D8 #D856A2

split-complementary

#D8CD56 #56A2D8 #8C56D8

monochromatic

#928822 #C4B72D #D8CD56 #E3DC88 #EFEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#D8CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD56

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD56	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.140 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8a',
    500: '#d8cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd56;
$custom-light: #e7dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.923,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83473,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.58933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD56

secondary

#3B4397

accent

#50E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD56

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

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