#D8C435#D8C435

#D8C435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.154 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C435
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 75.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -7.90, 69.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 69.69, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0293 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.154 101)
XYZ	xyz(48.7038, 54.3381, 11.2904)
Luminance	0.5434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C435 #3549D8

analogous

#D87235 #D8C435 #9AD835

triadic

#D8C435 #35D8C4 #C435D8

tetradic

#D8C435 #35D872 #3549D8 #D8359A

square

#D8C435 #35D872 #3549D8 #D8359A

split-complementary

#D8C435 #359AD8 #7235D8

monochromatic

#7B6F18 #AE9D22 #D8C435 #E2D368 #ECE29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D8C435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#D8C435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C435

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C435	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d577',
    500: '#d8c435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c435;
$custom-light: #e8d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.638,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81334,
    "c": 0.15439,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.54336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C435

secondary

#2F3983

accent

#53EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C435

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

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