#D8CD5C#D8CD5C

#D8CD5C 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 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD5C
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 57.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.31, -10.29, 56.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.31, 57.39, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.032 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.135 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.0837, 59.0361, 18.7747)
Luminance	0.5903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD5C #5C67D8

analogous

#D88F5C #D8CD5C #A5D85C

triadic

#D8CD5C #5CD8CD #CD5CD8

tetradic

#D8CD5C #5CD88F #5C67D8 #D85CA5

square

#D8CD5C #5CD88F #5C67D8 #D85CA5

split-complementary

#D8CD5C #5CA5D8 #8F5CD8

monochromatic

#968C24 #C7BA30 #D8CD5C #E4DC8D #F0EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#D8CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD5C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD5C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8e',
    500: '#d8cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd5c;
$custom-light: #e7dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 61.386,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83534,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD5C

secondary

#3E469B

accent

#2CC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD5C

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

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