#D8C44E#D8C44E

#D8C44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.138 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C44E
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -6.64, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 60.23, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0231 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.138 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4361, 54.6310, 15.1471)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C44E #4E62D8

analogous

#D87F4E #D8C44E #A7D84E

triadic

#D8C44E #4ED8C4 #C44ED8

tetradic

#D8C44E #4ED87F #4E62D8 #D84EA7

square

#D8C44E #4ED87F #4E62D8 #D84EA7

split-complementary

#D8C44E #4EA7D8 #7F4ED8

monochromatic

#8D7D1F #BFA92A #D8C44E #E3D580 #EEE5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D8C44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C44E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C44E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.138 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d585',
    500: '#d8c44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c44e;
$custom-light: #e7d585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81523,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C44E

secondary

#384592

accent

#59E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C44E

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

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