#D8C54B#D8C54B

#D8C54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.141 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C54B
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -7.33, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 61.81, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.0255 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.141 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5573, 55.0416, 14.6690)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C54B #4B5ED8

analogous

#D87F4B #D8C54B #A5D84B

triadic

#D8C54B #4BD8C5 #C54BD8

tetradic

#D8C54B #4BD87F #4B5ED8 #D84BA5

square

#D8C54B #4BD87F #4B5ED8 #D84BA5

split-complementary

#D8C54B #4BA5D8 #7F4BD8

monochromatic

#8B7C1E #BDA929 #D8C54B #E3D57D #EEE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#D8C54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C54B

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C54B	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC752

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.141 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d683',
    500: '#d8c54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c54b;
$custom-light: #e7d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81703,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C54B

secondary

#374390

accent

#57E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C54B

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

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