#D8C451#D8C451

#D8C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.136 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C451
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -6.45, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 58.96, 96.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0223 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.136 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5461, 54.6750, 15.7265)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C451 #5165D8

analogous

#D88051 #D8C451 #A8D851

triadic

#D8C451 #51D8C4 #C451D8

tetradic

#D8C451 #51D880 #5165D8 #D851A8

square

#D8C451 #51D880 #5165D8 #D851A8

split-complementary

#D8C451 #51A8D8 #8051D8

monochromatic

#8F7E20 #C1AA2B #D8C451 #E3D583 #EEE6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D8C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C451

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C451	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)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.136 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d587',
    500: '#d8c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c451;
$custom-light: #e7d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81551,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C451

secondary

#394794

accent

#5AE641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C451

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

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