#D8C642#D8C642

#D8C642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.148 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C642
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -8.34, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 65.70, 97.29°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0293 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.148 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.4985, 55.3826, 13.2358)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C642 #4254D8

analogous

#D87B42 #D8C642 #9FD842

triadic

#D8C642 #42D8C6 #C642D8

tetradic

#D8C642 #42D87B #4254D8 #D8429F

square

#D8C642 #42D87B #4254D8 #D8429F

split-complementary

#D8C642 #429FD8 #7B42D8

monochromatic

#84781B #B7A626 #D8C642 #E2D575 #EDE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#D8C642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C642

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C642	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.148 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67e',
    500: '#d8c642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c642;
$custom-light: #e8d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81838,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C642

secondary

#333E8B

accent

#53E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C642

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

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