#D8CD5B#D8CD5B

#D8CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD5B
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -10.36, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 57.83, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0323 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0403, 59.0187, 18.5460)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD5B #5B66D8

analogous

#D88E5B #D8CD5B #A4D85B

triadic

#D8CD5B #5BD8CD #CD5BD8

tetradic

#D8CD5B #5BD88E #5B66D8 #D85BA4

square

#D8CD5B #5BD88E #5B66D8 #D85BA4

split-complementary

#D8CD5B #5BA4D8 #8E5BD8

monochromatic

#958B23 #C7B92F #D8CD5B #E4DC8C #F0EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D8CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD5B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD5B	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)

#DDC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d8cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd5b;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.72,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83524,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD5B

secondary

#3D459A

accent

#2BC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD5B

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

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