#D8C442#D8C442

#D8C442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C442
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -7.31, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 65.06, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0264 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.147 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.0444, 54.4744, 13.0844)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C442 #4256D8

analogous

#D87942 #D8C442 #A1D842

triadic

#D8C442 #42D8C4 #C442D8

tetradic

#D8C442 #42D879 #4256D8 #D842A1

square

#D8C442 #42D879 #4256D8 #D842A1

split-complementary

#D8C442 #42A1D8 #7942D8

monochromatic

#84761B #B7A426 #D8C442 #E2D475 #EDE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D8C442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D8C442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C442

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C442	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d57e',
    500: '#d8c442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c442;
$custom-light: #e8d57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81422,
    "c": 0.14658,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C442

secondary

#333F8B

accent

#56E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C442

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

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