#D8C450#D8C450

#D8C450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C450
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -6.51, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 59.39, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0225 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5088, 54.6601, 15.5305)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C450 #5064D8

analogous

#D88050 #D8C450 #A8D850

triadic

#D8C450 #50D8C4 #C450D8

tetradic

#D8C450 #50D880 #5064D8 #D850A8

square

#D8C450 #50D880 #5064D8 #D850A8

split-complementary

#D8C450 #50A8D8 #8050D8

monochromatic

#8E7E20 #C0AA2B #D8C450 #E3D582 #EEE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D8C450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C450

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C450	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)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d586',
    500: '#d8c450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c450;
$custom-light: #e7d586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81542,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C450

secondary

#394694

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C450

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

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