#D8C357#D8C357

#D8C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.130 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C357
RGB	rgb(216, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -5.53, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 56.00, 95.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0189 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.13 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5563, 54.3194, 16.8893)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C357 #576CD8

analogous

#D88357 #D8C357 #ACD857

triadic

#D8C357 #57D8C3 #C357D8

tetradic

#D8C357 #57D883 #576CD8 #D857AC

square

#D8C357 #57D883 #576CD8 #D857AC

split-complementary

#D8C357 #57ACD8 #8357D8

monochromatic

#938022 #C4AC2E #D8C357 #E4D589 #EFE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D8C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D8C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C357

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C357	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.130 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d48a',
    500: '#d8c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c357;
$custom-light: #e7d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81405,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C357

secondary

#3C4B98

accent

#5DE542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C357

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

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