#D8C045#D8C045

#D8C045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C045
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -5.10, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 62.64, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0198 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(48.2450, 52.7302, 13.2658)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C045 #455DD8

analogous

#D87645 #D8C045 #A6D845

triadic

#D8C045 #45D8C0 #C045D8

tetradic

#D8C045 #45D876 #455DD8 #D845A6

square

#D8C045 #45D876 #455DD8 #D845A6

split-complementary

#D8C045 #45A6D8 #7645D8

monochromatic

#86751C #B9A127 #D8C045 #E3D178 #EDE2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D8C045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C045

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C045	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d27f',
    500: '#d8c045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c045;
$custom-light: #e8d27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80618,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.52728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C045

secondary

#34438D

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C045

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

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