#D8CE57#D8CE57

#D8CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.140 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE57
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -11.15, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 59.96, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.035 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.14 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1123, 59.4315, 17.7413)
Luminance	0.5943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE57 #5761D8

analogous

#D88E57 #D8CE57 #A2D857

triadic

#D8CE57 #57D8CE #CE57D8

tetradic

#D8CE57 #57D88E #5761D8 #D857A2

square

#D8CE57 #57D88E #5761D8 #D857A2

split-complementary

#D8CE57 #57A2D8 #8E57D8

monochromatic

#938A22 #C4B92E #D8CE57 #E4DC89 #EFEBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#D8CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE57

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE57	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.140 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8b',
    500: '#d8ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce57;
$custom-light: #e7dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.349,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83692,
    "c": 0.13971,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE57

secondary

#3C4398

accent

#4FE542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE57

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

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