#D8C23B#D8C23B

#D8C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C23B
RGB	rgb(216, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 72.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -6.62, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 67.03, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.0251 0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.149 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4024, 53.5006, 11.9140)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C23B #3B51D8

analogous

#D8743B #D8C23B #A0D83B

triadic

#D8C23B #3BD8C2 #C23BD8

tetradic

#D8C23B #3BD874 #3B51D8 #D83BA0

square

#D8C23B #3BD874 #3B51D8 #D83BA0

split-complementary

#D8C23B #3BA0D8 #743BD8

monochromatic

#7F7119 #B29E23 #D8C23B #E2D26E #ECE2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D8C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#D8C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C23B

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C23B	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47a',
    500: '#d8c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c23b;
$custom-light: #e8d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.592,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80957,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C23B

secondary

#313D86

accent

#56EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C23B

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

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