#D8C44A#D8C44A

#D8C44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C44A
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -6.88, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 61.89, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0243 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2970, 54.5754, 14.4147)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C44A #4A5ED8

analogous

#D87D4A #D8C44A #A5D84A

triadic

#D8C44A #4AD8C4 #C44AD8

tetradic

#D8C44A #4AD87D #4A5ED8 #D84AA5

square

#D8C44A #4AD87D #4A5ED8 #D84AA5

split-complementary

#D8C44A #4AA5D8 #7D4AD8

monochromatic

#8A7B1E #BCA729 #D8C44A #E3D47C #EEE5AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D8C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C44A

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C44A	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)

#D6BF3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d582',
    500: '#d8c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c44a;
$custom-light: #e7d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.549,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81487,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C44A

secondary

#364390

accent

#58E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C44A

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

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