#D8C545#D8C545

#D8C545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C545
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -7.67, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 64.22, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0271 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3615, 54.9633, 13.6380)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C545 #4558D8

analogous

#D87B45 #D8C545 #A1D845

triadic

#D8C545 #45D8C5 #C545D8

tetradic

#D8C545 #45D87B #4558D8 #D845A1

square

#D8C545 #45D87B #4558D8 #D845A1

split-complementary

#D8C545 #45A1D8 #7B45D8

monochromatic

#86791C #B9A627 #D8C545 #E3D578 #EDE5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#D8C545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C545

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C545	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d680',
    500: '#d8c545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c545;
$custom-light: #e8d680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81653,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C545

secondary

#34408D

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C545

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

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