#D8CE45#D8CE45

#D8CE45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.153 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE45
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -12.23, 66.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 67.27, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.04 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.153 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4664, 59.1731, 14.3396)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE45 #454FD8

analogous

#D88445 #D8CE45 #99D845

triadic

#D8CE45 #45D8CE #CE45D8

tetradic

#D8CE45 #45D884 #454FD8 #D84599

square

#D8CE45 #45D884 #454FD8 #D84599

split-complementary

#D8CE45 #4599D8 #8445D8

monochromatic

#867F1C #B9AF27 #D8CE45 #E3DB78 #EDE9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D8CE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#D8CE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE45

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE45	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.153 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dc80',
    500: '#d8ce45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce45;
$custom-light: #e8dc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.918,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83534,
    "c": 0.15321,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE45

secondary

#343A8D

accent

#4BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE45

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

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