#D8C445#D8C445

#D8C445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.145 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C445
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -7.16, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 63.90, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0256 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.145 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1352, 54.5107, 13.5625)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C445 #4559D8

analogous

#D87A45 #D8C445 #A2D845

triadic

#D8C445 #45D8C4 #C445D8

tetradic

#D8C445 #45D87A #4559D8 #D845A2

square

#D8C445 #45D87A #4559D8 #D845A2

split-complementary

#D8C445 #45A2D8 #7A45D8

monochromatic

#86781C #B9A527 #D8C445 #E3D478 #EDE4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#D8C445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C445

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C445	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)

#D6BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.145 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d580',
    500: '#d8c445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c445;
$custom-light: #e8d580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.837,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81445,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C445

secondary

#34408D

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C445

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

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