#D8C041#D8C041

#D8C041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C041
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -5.31, 63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 64.20, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0208 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.144 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.1250, 52.6822, 12.6338)
Luminance	0.5268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C041 #4159D8

analogous

#D87541 #D8C041 #A4D841

triadic

#D8C041 #41D8C0 #C041D8

tetradic

#D8C041 #41D875 #4159D8 #D841A4

square

#D8C041 #41D875 #4159D8 #D841A4

split-complementary

#D8C041 #41A4D8 #7541D8

monochromatic

#84731B #B69F25 #D8C041 #E2D174 #EDE2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#D8C041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C041

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C041	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27d',
    500: '#d8c041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c041;
$custom-light: #e8d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80587,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C041

secondary

#33418A

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C041

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

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