#D8C244#D8C244

#D8C244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C244
RGB	rgb(216, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -6.18, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 63.65, 95.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.023 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6563, 53.6021, 13.2511)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C244 #445AD8

analogous

#D87844 #D8C244 #A4D844

triadic

#D8C244 #44D8C2 #C244D8

tetradic

#D8C244 #44D878 #445AD8 #D844A4

square

#D8C244 #44D878 #445AD8 #D844A4

split-complementary

#D8C244 #44A4D8 #7844D8

monochromatic

#86761C #B8A326 #D8C244 #E3D377 #EDE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D8C244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#D8C244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C244

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C244	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47f',
    500: '#d8c244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c244;
$custom-light: #e8d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81023,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C244

secondary

#34418C

accent

#58E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C244

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

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