#D8C44D#D8C44D

#D8C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C44D
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -6.70, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 60.65, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0234 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4005, 54.6168, 14.9597)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C44D #4D61D8

analogous

#D87F4D #D8C44D #A6D84D

triadic

#D8C44D #4DD8C4 #C44DD8

tetradic

#D8C44D #4DD87F #4D61D8 #D84DA6

square

#D8C44D #4DD87F #4D61D8 #D84DA6

split-complementary

#D8C44D #4DA6D8 #7F4DD8

monochromatic

#8C7C1F #BEA92A #D8C44D #E3D57F #EEE5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#D8C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C44D

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C44D	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d584',
    500: '#d8c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c44d;
$custom-light: #e7d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81514,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C44D

secondary

#374492

accent

#59E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C44D

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

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