#D8C144#D8C144

#D8C144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C144
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -5.67, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 63.34, 95.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0215 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4345, 53.1585, 13.1771)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C144 #445BD8

analogous

#D87744 #D8C144 #A5D844

triadic

#D8C144 #44D8C1 #C144D8

tetradic

#D8C144 #44D877 #445BD8 #D844A5

square

#D8C144 #44D877 #445BD8 #D844A5

split-complementary

#D8C144 #44A5D8 #7744D8

monochromatic

#86751C #B8A226 #D8C144 #E3D277 #EDE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D8C144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#D8C144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C144

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C144	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d37f',
    500: '#d8c144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c144;
$custom-light: #e8d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.676,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80816,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C144

secondary

#34428C

accent

#5AE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C144

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

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