#D8C43C#D8C43C

#D8C43C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.150 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C43C
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -7.60, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 67.28, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0278 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.15 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8767, 54.4073, 12.2012)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C43C #3C50D8

analogous

#D8763C #D8C43C #9ED83C

triadic

#D8C43C #3CD8C4 #C43CD8

tetradic

#D8C43C #3CD876 #3C50D8 #D83C9E

square

#D8C43C #3CD876 #3C50D8 #D83C9E

split-complementary

#D8C43C #3C9ED8 #763CD8

monochromatic

#80731A #B3A124 #D8C43C #E2D36F #ECE3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D8C43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#D8C43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C43C

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C43C	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.150 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d57b',
    500: '#d8c43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c43c;
$custom-light: #e8d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81379,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C43C

secondary

#313C87

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C43C

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

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