#D8C645#D8C645
#D8C645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.146 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D8C645 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(216, 198, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 65%, 56%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 68%, 85%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.1%, 15.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.28, -8.18, 64.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.28, 64.55, 97.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.86% -0.0285 0.1434) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.86% 0.146 101.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5893, 55.4189, 13.7139) |
| Luminance | 0.5542 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 3.76
Mustard Yellow
#D2BD0A
ΔE00 3.83
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.16
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.56
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.13
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D8C645 #4557D8
analogous
#D87C45 #D8C645 #A0D845
triadic
#D8C645 #45D8C6 #C645D8
tetradic
#D8C645 #45D87C #4557D8 #D845A0
square
#D8C645 #45D87C #4557D8 #D845A0
split-complementary
#D8C645 #45A0D8 #7C45D8
monochromatic
#86791C #B9A727 #D8C645 #E3D678 #EDE5AA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.74
#D8C645 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.08
#D8C645 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D8C645
12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D8C645 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D8C645 | 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)
#D8C033
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC84D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8B8AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d8c645; /* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.146 101.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e8d680',
500: '#d8c645',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d8c645; $custom-light: #e8d680; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d8c645",
"rgb": {
"r": 216,
"g": 198,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.653,
"s": 65.333,
"l": 55.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81861,
"c": 0.14621,
"h": 101.3
},
"luminance": 0.55417
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D8C645
secondary
#343F8D
accent
#54E840
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#16140B
muted
#85837E