#D8C047#D8C047

#D8C047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C047
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 67.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -4.99, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 61.84, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0192 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3081, 52.7555, 13.5983)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C047 #475FD8

analogous

#D87847 #D8C047 #A8D847

triadic

#D8C047 #47D8C0 #C047D8

tetradic

#D8C047 #47D878 #475FD8 #D847A8

square

#D8C047 #47D878 #475FD8 #D847A8

split-complementary

#D8C047 #47A8D8 #7847D8

monochromatic

#88761D #BAA227 #D8C047 #E3D179 #EDE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D8C047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C047

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C047	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)

#D2BB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d280',
    500: '#d8c047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c047;
$custom-light: #e8d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 65.022,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C047

secondary

#35448E

accent

#5CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C047

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

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