#D8C149#D8C149

#D8C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.139 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C149
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -5.39, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 61.33, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0201 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.139 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.5936, 53.2222, 14.0153)
Luminance	0.5322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C149 #4960D8

analogous

#D87A49 #D8C149 #A7D849

triadic

#D8C149 #49D8C1 #C149D8

tetradic

#D8C149 #49D87A #4960D8 #D849A7

square

#D8C149 #49D87A #4960D8 #D849A7

split-complementary

#D8C149 #49A7D8 #7A49D8

monochromatic

#89781D #BCA428 #D8C149 #E3D27B #EEE3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D8C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#D8C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C149

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C149	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)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.139 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d382',
    500: '#d8c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c149;
$custom-light: #e7d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.35,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80858,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C149

secondary

#36448F

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C149

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

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