#D8C552#D8C552

#D8C552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C552
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 62%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -6.90, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 58.87, 96.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0234 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.136 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.8102, 55.1428, 16.0009)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C552 #5265D8

analogous

#D88252 #D8C552 #A8D852

triadic

#D8C552 #52D8C5 #C552D8

tetradic

#D8C552 #52D882 #5265D8 #D852A8

square

#D8C552 #52D882 #5265D8 #D852A8

split-complementary

#D8C552 #52A8D8 #8252D8

monochromatic

#8F8020 #C1AC2C #D8C552 #E3D684 #EFE6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D8C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D8C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C552

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C552	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d687',
    500: '#d8c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c552;
$custom-light: #e7d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 63.208,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81768,
    "c": 0.13567,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C552

secondary

#394695

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C552

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

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