#D8C14D#D8C14D

#D8C14D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C14D
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -5.16, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 59.67, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.019 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(48.7306, 53.2770, 14.7364)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C14D #4D64D8

analogous

#D87C4D #D8C14D #A9D84D

triadic

#D8C14D #4DD8C1 #C14DD8

tetradic

#D8C14D #4DD87C #4D64D8 #D84DA9

square

#D8C14D #4DD87C #4D64D8 #D84DA9

split-complementary

#D8C14D #4DA9D8 #7C4DD8

monochromatic

#8C7A1F #BEA62A #D8C14D #E3D27F #EEE4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D8C14D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D8C14D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C14D

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C14D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C14D	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c14d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d384',
    500: '#d8c14d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c14d;
$custom-light: #e7d384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c14d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80894,
    "c": 0.13632,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.53275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C14D

secondary

#374692

accent

#5CE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C14D

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

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