#D8C146#D8C146

#D8C146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C146
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 70)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -5.56, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 62.55, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.021 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4966, 53.1834, 13.5041)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C146 #465DD8

analogous

#D87846 #D8C146 #A6D846

triadic

#D8C146 #46D8C1 #C146D8

tetradic

#D8C146 #46D878 #465DD8 #D846A6

square

#D8C146 #46D878 #465DD8 #D846A6

split-complementary

#D8C146 #46A6D8 #7846D8

monochromatic

#87761C #BAA327 #D8C146 #E3D279 #EDE3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D8C146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#D8C146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C146

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C146	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.141 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d380',
    500: '#d8c146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c146;
$custom-light: #e8d380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80833,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C146

secondary

#35438D

accent

#5AE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C146

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

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