#D8C449#D8C449

#D8C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.142 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C449
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -6.93, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 62.30, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0245 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.142 100)
XYZ	xyz(49.2636, 54.5620, 14.2387)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C449 #495DD8

analogous

#D87D49 #D8C449 #A5D849

triadic

#D8C449 #49D8C4 #C449D8

tetradic

#D8C449 #49D87D #495DD8 #D849A5

square

#D8C449 #49D87D #495DD8 #D849A5

split-complementary

#D8C449 #49A5D8 #7D49D8

monochromatic

#897A1D #BCA728 #D8C449 #E3D47B #EEE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D8C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C449

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C449	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.142 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d582',
    500: '#d8c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c449;
$custom-light: #e7d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81478,
    "c": 0.14172,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.5456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C449

secondary

#36428F

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C449

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

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