#D8C050#D8C050

#D8C050 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.133 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C050
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -4.45, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 58.07, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0167 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.133 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6186, 52.8797, 15.2337)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C050 #5068D8

analogous

#D87C50 #D8C050 #ACD850

triadic

#D8C050 #50D8C0 #C050D8

tetradic

#D8C050 #50D87C #5068D8 #D850AC

square

#D8C050 #50D87C #5068D8 #D850AC

split-complementary

#D8C050 #50ACD8 #7C50D8

monochromatic

#8E7A20 #C0A62B #D8C050 #E3D282 #EEE4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D8C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#D8C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C050

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C050	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.133 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d286',
    500: '#d8c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c050;
$custom-light: #e7d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80717,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C050

secondary

#394994

accent

#5EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C050

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

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