#D8C53C#D8C53C

#D8C53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.151 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C53C
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -8.11, 67.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 67.59, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0293 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.151 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1030, 54.8599, 12.2767)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C53C #3C4FD8

analogous

#D8773C #D8C53C #9DD83C

triadic

#D8C53C #3CD8C5 #C53CD8

tetradic

#D8C53C #3CD877 #3C4FD8 #D83C9D

square

#D8C53C #3CD877 #3C4FD8 #D83C9D

split-complementary

#D8C53C #3C9DD8 #773CD8

monochromatic

#80741A #B3A224 #D8C53C #E2D46F #ECE3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#D8C53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C53C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C53C	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.151 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67b',
    500: '#d8c53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c53c;
$custom-light: #e8d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81586,
    "c": 0.15119,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C53C

secondary

#313C87

accent

#53EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C53C

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

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