#D8CE56#D8CE56

#D8CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.141 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE56
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, -11.22, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 60.39, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0353 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.141 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0717, 59.4153, 17.5277)
Luminance	0.5941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE56 #5660D8

analogous

#D88D56 #D8CE56 #A1D856

triadic

#D8CE56 #56D8CE #CE56D8

tetradic

#D8CE56 #56D88D #5660D8 #D856A1

square

#D8CE56 #56D88D #5660D8 #D856A1

split-complementary

#D8CE56 #56A1D8 #8D56D8

monochromatic

#928922 #C4B82D #D8CE56 #E3DC88 #EFEBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#D8CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE56

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE56	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.141 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8a',
    500: '#d8ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce56;
$custom-light: #e7dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83682,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE56

secondary

#3B4297

accent

#4FE642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE56

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

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