#D8C040#D8C040

#D8C040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C040
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, -5.36, 64.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 64.58, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.021 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0962, 52.6707, 12.4826)
Luminance	0.5267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C040 #4058D8

analogous

#D87440 #D8C040 #A4D840

triadic

#D8C040 #40D8C0 #C040D8

tetradic

#D8C040 #40D874 #4058D8 #D840A4

square

#D8C040 #40D874 #4058D8 #D840A4

split-complementary

#D8C040 #40A4D8 #7440D8

monochromatic

#83721B #B69F25 #D8C040 #E2D173 #EDE2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#D8C040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C040

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C040	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27c',
    500: '#d8c040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c040;
$custom-light: #e8d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80579,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C040

secondary

#33408A

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C040

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

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