#D8C059#D8C059

#D8C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C059
RGB	rgb(216, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -3.84, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 54.10, 94.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0138 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.9737, 53.0217, 17.1038)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C059 #5971D8

analogous

#D88059 #D8C059 #B1D859

triadic

#D8C059 #59D8C0 #C059D8

tetradic

#D8C059 #59D880 #5971D8 #D859B1

square

#D8C059 #59D880 #5971D8 #D859B1

split-complementary

#D8C059 #59B1D8 #8059D8

monochromatic

#947E23 #C5A92E #D8C059 #E4D38B #EFE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D8C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#D8C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C059

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C059	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d28b',
    500: '#d8c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c059;
$custom-light: #e7d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8081,
    "c": 0.1257,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C059

secondary

#3C4E99

accent

#61E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C059

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

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