#D8CE4E#D8CE4E

#D8CE4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.147 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE4E
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -11.73, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 63.74, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.61% -0.0376 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(83.61% 0.147 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.7673, 59.2935, 15.9242)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE4E #4E58D8

analogous

#D8894E #D8CE4E #9DD84E

triadic

#D8CE4E #4ED8CE #CE4ED8

tetradic

#D8CE4E #4ED889 #4E58D8 #D84E9D

square

#D8CE4E #4ED889 #4E58D8 #D84E9D

split-complementary

#D8CE4E #4E9DD8 #894ED8

monochromatic

#8D851F #BFB42A #D8CE4E #E3DC80 #EEEAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#D8CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE4E

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE4E	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.147 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc86',
    500: '#d8ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce4e;
$custom-light: #e7dc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83608,
    "c": 0.14681,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE4E

secondary

#383E92

accent

#4DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE4E

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

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