#D8C262#D8C262

#D8C262 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C262
RGB	rgb(216, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 54.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.50, -4.20, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.50, 50.63, 94.75°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0138 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.119 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8171, 54.0665, 19.3647)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C262 #6278D8

analogous

#D88762 #D8C262 #B3D862

triadic

#D8C262 #62D8C2 #C262D8

tetradic

#D8C262 #62D887 #6278D8 #D862B3

square

#D8C262 #62D887 #6278D8 #D862B3

split-complementary

#D8C262 #62B3D8 #8762D8

monochromatic

#998426 #CAAE32 #D8C262 #E4D593 #F0E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D8C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D8C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C262

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C262	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BE59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d491',
    500: '#d8c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c262;
$custom-light: #e6d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81325,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C262

secondary

#40529E

accent

#3DC81E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C262

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

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