#D8C54E#D8C54E

#D8C54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C54E
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -7.15, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 60.57, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0246 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6624, 55.0836, 15.2225)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C54E #4E61D8

analogous

#D8804E #D8C54E #A6D84E

triadic

#D8C54E #4ED8C5 #C54ED8

tetradic

#D8C54E #4ED880 #4E61D8 #D84EA6

square

#D8C54E #4ED880 #4E61D8 #D84EA6

split-complementary

#D8C54E #4EA6D8 #804ED8

monochromatic

#8D7E1F #BFAA2A #D8C54E #E3D580 #EEE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D8C54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C54E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C54E	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d685',
    500: '#d8c54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c54e;
$custom-light: #e7d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8173,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C54E

secondary

#384492

accent

#58E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C54E

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

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