#D8C644#D8C644

#D8C644 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C644
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -8.23, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 64.93, 97.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0288 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.5585, 55.4066, 13.5518)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C644 #4456D8

analogous

#D87C44 #D8C644 #A0D844

triadic

#D8C644 #44D8C6 #C644D8

tetradic

#D8C644 #44D87C #4456D8 #D844A0

square

#D8C644 #44D87C #4456D8 #D844A0

split-complementary

#D8C644 #44A0D8 #7C44D8

monochromatic

#86791C #B8A726 #D8C644 #E3D577 #EDE5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C644 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#D8C644 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C644

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C644	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C644	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)

#D8C031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c644;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d67f',
    500: '#d8c644',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c644;
$custom-light: #e8d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c644",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81853,
    "c": 0.14689,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C644

secondary

#343F8C

accent

#54E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C644

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

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