#D8C341#D8C341

#D8C341 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.146 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C341
RGB	rgb(216, 195, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 69.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -6.85, 64.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 65.12, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0252 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.146 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7904, 54.0131, 12.8556)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C341 #4156D8

analogous

#D87841 #D8C341 #A1D841

triadic

#D8C341 #41D8C3 #C341D8

tetradic

#D8C341 #41D878 #4156D8 #D841A1

square

#D8C341 #41D878 #4156D8 #D841A1

split-complementary

#D8C341 #41A1D8 #7841D8

monochromatic

#84751B #B6A225 #D8C341 #E2D374 #EDE3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D8C341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#D8C341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C341

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C341	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 195, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.146 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47d',
    500: '#d8c341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c341;
$custom-light: #e8d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 65.939,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81207,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C341

secondary

#333F8A

accent

#57E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C341

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

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