#D8C648#D8C648

#D8C648 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.144 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C648
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 72)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -8.02, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 63.36, 97.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.0277 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.144 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6848, 55.4571, 14.2168)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C648 #485AD8

analogous

#D87E48 #D8C648 #A2D848

triadic

#D8C648 #48D8C6 #C648D8

tetradic

#D8C648 #48D87E #485AD8 #D848A2

square

#D8C648 #48D87E #485AD8 #D848A2

split-complementary

#D8C648 #48A2D8 #7E48D8

monochromatic

#897B1D #BBA928 #D8C648 #E3D67A #EEE5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#D8C648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C648

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C648	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.144 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d781',
    500: '#d8c648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c648;
$custom-light: #e7d781;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81885,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C648

secondary

#36418F

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C648

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

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