#D8CD72#D8CD72

#D8CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.114 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD72
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 47.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -8.46, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 47.16, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.0244 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.114 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1888, 59.4781, 24.5950)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD72 #727DD8

analogous

#D89A72 #D8CD72 #B0D872

triadic

#D8CD72 #72D8CD #CD72D8

tetradic

#D8CD72 #72D89A #727DD8 #D872B0

square

#D8CD72 #72D89A #727DD8 #D872B0

split-complementary

#D8CD72 #72B0D8 #9A72D8

monochromatic

#A3962D #CBBC42 #D8CD72 #E5DEA2 #F3EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D8CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD72

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD72	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.114 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc9c',
    500: '#d8cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd72;
$custom-light: #e6dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.529,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83805,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD72

secondary

#4852A6

accent

#33C421

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD72

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

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