#D8CE59#D8CE59

#D8CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE59
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, -11.01, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 59.09, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.71% -0.0344 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.71% 0.138 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1952, 59.4646, 18.1777)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE59 #5963D8

analogous

#D88F59 #D8CE59 #A2D859

triadic

#D8CE59 #59D8CE #CE59D8

tetradic

#D8CE59 #59D88F #5963D8 #D859A2

square

#D8CE59 #59D88F #5963D8 #D859A2

split-complementary

#D8CE59 #59A2D8 #8F59D8

monochromatic

#948B23 #C5BA2E #D8CE59 #E4DD8B #EFEBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#D8CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE59

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE59	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)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8c',
    500: '#d8ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce59;
$custom-light: #e7dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83712,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE59

secondary

#3C4499

accent

#50E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE59

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

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