#D8CD78#D8CD78

#D8CD78 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.107 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CD78
RGB	rgb(216, 205, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 44.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -7.88, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 44.24, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0222 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.107 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.5416, 59.6193, 26.4529)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CD78 #7883D8

analogous

#D89D78 #D8CD78 #B3D878

triadic

#D8CD78 #78D8CD #CD78D8

tetradic

#D8CD78 #78D89D #7883D8 #D878B3

square

#D8CD78 #78D89D #7883D8 #D878B3

split-complementary

#D8CD78 #78B3D8 #9D78D8

monochromatic

#A69830 #CABB49 #D8CD78 #E6DFA7 #F3F0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D8CD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#D8CD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CD78

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CD78	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 205, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.107 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dca0',
    500: '#d8cd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cd78;
$custom-light: #e6dca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.125,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83891,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CD78

secondary

#4B56A9

accent

#35C323

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#16150F

muted

#848480

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CD78

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

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