#D8C344#D8C344

#D8C344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C344
RGB	rgb(216, 195, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -6.70, 63.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 63.97, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0244 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.144 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8796, 54.0488, 13.3255)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C344 #4459D8

analogous

#D87944 #D8C344 #A3D844

triadic

#D8C344 #44D8C3 #C344D8

tetradic

#D8C344 #44D879 #4459D8 #D844A3

square

#D8C344 #44D879 #4459D8 #D844A3

split-complementary

#D8C344 #44A3D8 #7944D8

monochromatic

#86771C #B8A426 #D8C344 #E3D377 #EDE3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D8C344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#D8C344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C344

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C344	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)

#D5BE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 195, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d47f',
    500: '#d8c344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c344;
$custom-light: #e8d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.486,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C344

secondary

#34418C

accent

#57E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C344

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

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