#D8C03B#D8C03B

#D8C03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.148 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C03B
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 72.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -5.59, 66.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 66.43, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0222 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.148 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9603, 52.6163, 11.7666)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C03B #3B53D8

analogous

#D8723B #D8C03B #A2D83B

triadic

#D8C03B #3BD8C0 #C03BD8

tetradic

#D8C03B #3BD872 #3B53D8 #D83BA2

square

#D8C03B #3BD872 #3B53D8 #D83BA2

split-complementary

#D8C03B #3BA2D8 #723BD8

monochromatic

#7F7019 #B29C23 #D8C03B #E2D06E #ECE1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#D8C03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C03B

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C03B	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.148 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27a',
    500: '#d8c03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c03b;
$custom-light: #e8d27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80543,
    "c": 0.14791,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C03B

secondary

#313E86

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C03B

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

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