#D8C249#D8C249

#D8C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C249
RGB	rgb(216, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -5.91, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 61.65, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0216 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8155, 53.6658, 14.0893)
Luminance	0.5366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C249 #495FD8

analogous

#D87B49 #D8C249 #A7D849

triadic

#D8C249 #49D8C2 #C249D8

tetradic

#D8C249 #49D87B #495FD8 #D849A7

square

#D8C249 #49D87B #495FD8 #D849A7

split-complementary

#D8C249 #49A7D8 #7B49D8

monochromatic

#89791D #BCA528 #D8C249 #E3D37B #EEE4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D8C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#D8C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C249

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C249	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d482',
    500: '#d8c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c249;
$custom-light: #e7d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81065,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C249

secondary

#36448F

accent

#5AE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C249

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

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