#D8CD59#D8CD59

#D8CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD59
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -10.50, 57.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 58.71, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0329 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.9552, 58.9847, 18.0977)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD59 #5964D8

analogous

#D88D59 #D8CD59 #A4D859

triadic

#D8CD59 #59D8CD #CD59D8

tetradic

#D8CD59 #59D88D #5964D8 #D859A4

square

#D8CD59 #59D88D #5964D8 #D859A4

split-complementary

#D8CD59 #59A4D8 #8D59D8

monochromatic

#948A23 #C5B82E #D8CD59 #E4DC8B #EFEBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D8CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD59

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD59	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8c',
    500: '#d8cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd59;
$custom-light: #e7dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83503,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD59

secondary

#3C4499

accent

#51E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD59

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

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