#D8C044#D8C044

#D8C044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C044
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 68)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -5.15, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 63.03, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.02 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.2142, 52.7179, 13.1037)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C044 #445CD8

analogous

#D87644 #D8C044 #A6D844

triadic

#D8C044 #44D8C0 #C044D8

tetradic

#D8C044 #44D876 #445CD8 #D844A6

square

#D8C044 #44D876 #445CD8 #D844A6

split-complementary

#D8C044 #44A6D8 #7644D8

monochromatic

#86751C #B8A126 #D8C044 #E3D177 #EDE2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#D8C044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C044

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C044	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)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27f',
    500: '#d8c044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c044;
$custom-light: #e8d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8061,
    "c": 0.1421,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C044

secondary

#34428C

accent

#5BE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C044

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

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