#D8C550#D8C550

#D8C550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.137 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C550
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -7.03, 59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 59.72, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.024 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.137 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.7352, 55.1128, 15.6059)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C550 #5063D8

analogous

#D88150 #D8C550 #A7D850

triadic

#D8C550 #50D8C5 #C550D8

tetradic

#D8C550 #50D881 #5063D8 #D850A7

square

#D8C550 #50D881 #5063D8 #D850A7

split-complementary

#D8C550 #50A7D8 #8150D8

monochromatic

#8E7F20 #C0AB2B #D8C550 #E3D682 #EEE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#D8C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C550

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C550	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)

#D6C042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.137 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d686',
    500: '#d8c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c550;
$custom-light: #e7d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81749,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C550

secondary

#394594

accent

#58E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C550

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

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