#D8C635#D8C635

#D8C635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.156 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C635
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 75.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -8.92, 69.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 70.30, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0322 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.156 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.1579, 55.2464, 11.4417)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C635 #3547D8

analogous

#D87435 #D8C635 #99D835

triadic

#D8C635 #35D8C6 #C635D8

tetradic

#D8C635 #35D874 #3547D8 #D83599

square

#D8C635 #35D874 #3547D8 #D83599

split-complementary

#D8C635 #3599D8 #7435D8

monochromatic

#7B7018 #AE9F22 #D8C635 #E2D468 #ECE39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D8C635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C635

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C635	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.156 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d677',
    500: '#d8c635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c635;
$custom-light: #e8d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.374,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81751,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C635

secondary

#2F3883

accent

#50EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171409

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C635

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

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