#D8CE51#D8CE51

#D8CE51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.145 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE51
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 81)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.48, -11.54, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.48, 62.50, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.63% -0.0368 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(83.63% 0.145 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8773, 59.3375, 16.5036)
Luminance	0.5934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE51 #515BD8

analogous

#D88B51 #D8CE51 #9ED851

triadic

#D8CE51 #51D8CE #CE51D8

tetradic

#D8CE51 #51D88B #515BD8 #D8519E

square

#D8CE51 #51D88B #515BD8 #D8519E

split-complementary

#D8CE51 #519ED8 #8B51D8

monochromatic

#8F8620 #C1B62B #D8CE51 #E3DC83 #EEEAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.87

#D8CE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE51

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE51	1.00	1.63	12.87	12.87
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.145 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc87',
    500: '#d8ce51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce51;
$custom-light: #e7dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83634,
    "c": 0.14453,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE51

secondary

#394094

accent

#4EE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE51

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

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