#D8CE5E#D8CE5E

#D8CE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.134 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CE5E
RGB	rgb(216, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.59, -10.65, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.59, 56.88, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.77% -0.0328 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(83.77% 0.134 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4123, 59.5515, 19.3212)
Luminance	0.5955 (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

#D8CE5E #5E68D8

analogous

#D8915E #D8CE5E #A5D85E

triadic

#D8CE5E #5ED8CE #CE5ED8

tetradic

#D8CE5E #5ED891 #5E68D8 #D85EA5

square

#D8CE5E #5ED891 #5E68D8 #D85EA5

split-complementary

#D8CE5E #5EA5D8 #915ED8

monochromatic

#978E25 #C8BC31 #D8CE5E #E4DD8F #F0ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D8CE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#D8CE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CE5E

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CE5E	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.134 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7dc8f',
    500: '#d8ce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ce5e;
$custom-light: #e7dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83765,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CE5E

secondary

#3F469C

accent

#2BC91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#16150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CE5E

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

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