#D8C548#D8C548

#D8C548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.143 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C548
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -7.50, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 63.03, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0263 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.143 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.4570, 55.0015, 14.1409)
Luminance	0.5500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C548 #485BD8

analogous

#D87D48 #D8C548 #A3D848

triadic

#D8C548 #48D8C5 #C548D8

tetradic

#D8C548 #48D87D #485BD8 #D848A3

square

#D8C548 #48D87D #485BD8 #D848A3

split-complementary

#D8C548 #48A3D8 #7D48D8

monochromatic

#897A1D #BBA828 #D8C548 #E3D57A #EEE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#D8C548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C548

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C548	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.143 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d681',
    500: '#d8c548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c548;
$custom-light: #e7d681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81677,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C548

secondary

#36418F

accent

#56E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C548

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

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