#D8C151#D8C151

#D8C151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C151
RGB	rgb(216, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -4.90, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 57.97, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0178 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8762, 53.3352, 15.5032)
Luminance	0.5333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C151 #5168D8

analogous

#D87D51 #D8C151 #ABD851

triadic

#D8C151 #51D8C1 #C151D8

tetradic

#D8C151 #51D87D #5168D8 #D851AB

square

#D8C151 #51D87D #5168D8 #D851AB

split-complementary

#D8C151 #51ABD8 #7D51D8

monochromatic

#8F7C20 #C1A72B #D8C151 #E3D383 #EEE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D8C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#D8C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C151

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C151	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d386',
    500: '#d8c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c151;
$custom-light: #e7d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80932,
    "c": 0.13319,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C151

secondary

#394994

accent

#5EE641

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C151

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

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