#D8C554#D8C554

#D8C554 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C554
RGB	rgb(216, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 61.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -6.77, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 58.00, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.0228 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8874, 55.1736, 16.4076)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C554 #5467D8

analogous

#D88354 #D8C554 #A9D854

triadic

#D8C554 #54D8C5 #C554D8

tetradic

#D8C554 #54D883 #5467D8 #D854A9

square

#D8C554 #54D883 #5467D8 #D854A9

split-complementary

#D8C554 #54A9D8 #8354D8

monochromatic

#918121 #C2AD2C #D8C554 #E3D686 #EFE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#D8C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C554

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C554	1.00	1.74	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.74	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)

#D6C047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d688',
    500: '#d8c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c554;
$custom-light: #e7d688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81788,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C554

secondary

#3A4796

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C554

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

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