#D8C63C#D8C63C

#D8C63C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.152 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C63C
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -8.62, 67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 67.91, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0307 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.152 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3308, 55.3155, 12.3526)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C63C #3C4ED8

analogous

#D8783C #D8C63C #9CD83C

triadic

#D8C63C #3CD8C6 #C63CD8

tetradic

#D8C63C #3CD878 #3C4ED8 #D83C9C

square

#D8C63C #3CD878 #3C4ED8 #D83C9C

split-complementary

#D8C63C #3C9CD8 #783CD8

monochromatic

#80741A #B3A224 #D8C63C #E2D56F #ECE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C63C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#D8C63C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C63C

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C63C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C63C	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c63c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.152 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67b',
    500: '#d8c63c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c63c;
$custom-light: #e8d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c63c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81795,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C63C

secondary

#313B87

accent

#52EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C63C

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

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