#D8CD5F#D8CD5F

#D8CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.132 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD5F
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 56%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -10.06, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 56.05, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.57% -0.031 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(83.57% 0.132 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2175, 59.0896, 19.4791)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD5F #5F6AD8

analogous

#D8905F #D8CD5F #A7D85F

triadic

#D8CD5F #5FD8CD #CD5FD8

tetradic

#D8CD5F #5FD890 #5F6AD8 #D85FA7

square

#D8CD5F #5FD890 #5F6AD8 #D85FA7

split-complementary

#D8CD5F #5FA7D8 #905FD8

monochromatic

#988D25 #C9BB31 #D8CD5F #E4DC90 #F0ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#D8CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD5F

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD5F	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.132 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc90',
    500: '#d8cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd5f;
$custom-light: #e7dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83567,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD5F

secondary

#3F479C

accent

#2DC81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD5F

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

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