#D8CD73#D8CD73

#D8CD73 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.113 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD73
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 46.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -8.36, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 46.67, 100.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.024 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.113 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2461, 59.5010, 24.8964)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD73 #737ED8

analogous

#D89A73 #D8CD73 #B1D873

triadic

#D8CD73 #73D8CD #CD73D8

tetradic

#D8CD73 #73D89A #737ED8 #D873B1

square

#D8CD73 #73D89A #737ED8 #D873B1

split-complementary

#D8CD73 #73B1D8 #9A73D8

monochromatic

#A3962D #CBBC43 #D8CD73 #E5DEA3 #F3EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D8CD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD73

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD73	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)

#DCC86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.113 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc9d',
    500: '#d8cd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd73;
$custom-light: #e6dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.465,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83819,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD73

secondary

#4853A7

accent

#33C422

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150E

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD73

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

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