#D8C45F#D8C45F

#D8C45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C45F
RGB	rgb(216, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 56%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -5.46, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 52.72, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0178 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1262, 54.9071, 18.7820)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C45F #5F73D8

analogous

#D8875F #D8C45F #AFD85F

triadic

#D8C45F #5FD8C4 #C45FD8

tetradic

#D8C45F #5FD887 #5F73D8 #D85FAF

square

#D8C45F #5FD887 #5F73D8 #D85FAF

split-complementary

#D8C45F #5FAFD8 #875FD8

monochromatic

#988525 #C9B031 #D8C45F #E4D690 #F0E8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#D8C45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C45F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C45F	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d58f',
    500: '#d8c45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c45f;
$custom-light: #e7d58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81701,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C45F

secondary

#3F4E9C

accent

#39C81D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C45F

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

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