#D8C241#D8C241

#D8C241 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C241
RGB	rgb(216, 194, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -6.34, 64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 64.81, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0237 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.5671, 53.5665, 12.7812)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C241 #4157D8

analogous

#D87641 #D8C241 #A3D841

triadic

#D8C241 #41D8C2 #C241D8

tetradic

#D8C241 #41D876 #4157D8 #D841A3

square

#D8C241 #41D876 #4157D8 #D841A3

split-complementary

#D8C241 #41A3D8 #7641D8

monochromatic

#84741B #B6A125 #D8C241 #E2D274 #EDE3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D8C241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#D8C241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C241

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C241	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 194, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47d',
    500: '#d8c241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c241;
$custom-light: #e8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C241

secondary

#33408A

accent

#58E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C241

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

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