#D8C141#D8C141

#D8C141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.145 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C141
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -5.82, 64.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 64.50, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0223 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.145 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3453, 53.1228, 12.7072)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C141 #4158D8

analogous

#D87641 #D8C141 #A3D841

triadic

#D8C141 #41D8C1 #C141D8

tetradic

#D8C141 #41D876 #4158D8 #D841A3

square

#D8C141 #41D876 #4158D8 #D841A3

split-complementary

#D8C141 #41A3D8 #7641D8

monochromatic

#84741B #B6A025 #D8C141 #E2D274 #EDE2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D8C141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#D8C141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C141

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C141	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)

#D4BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.145 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37d',
    500: '#d8c141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c141;
$custom-light: #e8d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80793,
    "c": 0.14489,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C141

secondary

#33408A

accent

#59E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C141

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

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