#D8CE5B#D8CE5B

#D8CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.136 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE5B
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -10.87, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 58.21, 100.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0337 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.136 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.2803, 59.4987, 18.6260)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CE5B #5B65D8

analogous

#D88F5B #D8CE5B #A3D85B

triadic

#D8CE5B #5BD8CE #CE5BD8

tetradic

#D8CE5B #5BD88F #5B65D8 #D85BA3

square

#D8CE5B #5BD88F #5B65D8 #D85BA3

split-complementary

#D8CE5B #5BA3D8 #8F5BD8

monochromatic

#958C23 #C7BA2F #D8CE5B #E4DD8C #F0ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D8CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE5B

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE5B	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.136 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8d',
    500: '#d8ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce5b;
$custom-light: #e7dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83733,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE5B

secondary

#3D459A

accent

#2AC91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE5B

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

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