#D8C04A#D8C04A

#D8C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.138 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C04A
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -4.82, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 60.61, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0184 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.138 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4068, 52.7949, 14.1179)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C04A #4A62D8

analogous

#D8794A #D8C04A #A9D84A

triadic

#D8C04A #4AD8C0 #C04AD8

tetradic

#D8C04A #4AD879 #4A62D8 #D84AA9

square

#D8C04A #4AD879 #4A62D8 #D84AA9

split-complementary

#D8C04A #4AA9D8 #794AD8

monochromatic

#8A781E #BCA329 #D8C04A #E3D27C #EEE3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#D8C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C04A

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C04A	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.138 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d282',
    500: '#d8c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c04a;
$custom-light: #e7d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80661,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C04A

secondary

#364590

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C04A

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

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