#D8C535#D8C535

#D8C535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.155 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C535
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -8.41, 69.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 69.99, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0308 0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.155 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9301, 54.7907, 11.3658)
Luminance	0.5479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C535 #3548D8

analogous

#D87335 #D8C535 #9AD835

triadic

#D8C535 #35D8C5 #C535D8

tetradic

#D8C535 #35D873 #3548D8 #D8359A

square

#D8C535 #35D873 #3548D8 #D8359A

split-complementary

#D8C535 #359AD8 #7335D8

monochromatic

#7B6F18 #AE9E22 #D8C535 #E2D468 #ECE29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D8C535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D8C535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C535

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C535	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.155 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d677',
    500: '#d8c535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c535;
$custom-light: #e8d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.006,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81542,
    "c": 0.15518,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C535

secondary

#2F3883

accent

#51EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C535

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

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