#D8C140#D8C140

#D8C140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.146 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C140
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -5.87, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 64.89, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0225 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.146 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3166, 53.1114, 12.5560)
Luminance	0.5311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C140 #4057D8

analogous

#D87540 #D8C140 #A3D840

triadic

#D8C140 #40D8C1 #C140D8

tetradic

#D8C140 #40D875 #4057D8 #D840A3

square

#D8C140 #40D875 #4057D8 #D840A3

split-complementary

#D8C140 #40A3D8 #7540D8

monochromatic

#83731B #B6A025 #D8C140 #E2D173 #EDE2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D8C140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#D8C140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C140

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C140	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.146 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37d',
    500: '#d8c140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c140;
$custom-light: #e8d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.921,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80786,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C140

secondary

#33408A

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C140

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

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