#D8C444#D8C444

#D8C444 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C444
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -7.21, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 64.29, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0259 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.145 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1044, 54.4984, 13.4004)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C444 #4458D8

analogous

#D87A44 #D8C444 #A2D844

triadic

#D8C444 #44D8C4 #C444D8

tetradic

#D8C444 #44D87A #4458D8 #D844A2

square

#D8C444 #44D87A #4458D8 #D844A2

split-complementary

#D8C444 #44A2D8 #7A44D8

monochromatic

#86771C #B8A526 #D8C444 #E3D477 #EDE4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C444 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D8C444 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C444

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C444	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C444	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c444;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d57f',
    500: '#d8c444',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c444;
$custom-light: #e8d57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c444",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.892,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81437,
    "c": 0.14524,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C444

secondary

#34408C

accent

#56E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C444

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

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