#D8C64A#D8C64A

#D8C64A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C64A
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 74)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -7.90, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 62.56, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0272 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.7511, 55.4836, 14.5660)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C64A #4A5CD8

analogous

#D87F4A #D8C64A #A3D84A

triadic

#D8C64A #4AD8C6 #C64AD8

tetradic

#D8C64A #4AD87F #4A5CD8 #D84AA3

square

#D8C64A #4AD87F #4A5CD8 #D84AA3

split-complementary

#D8C64A #4AA3D8 #7F4AD8

monochromatic

#8A7C1E #BCAA29 #D8C64A #E3D67C #EEE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D8C64A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#D8C64A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C64A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C64A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C64A	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C03A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c64a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d783',
    500: '#d8c64a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c64a;
$custom-light: #e7d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c64a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.394,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81902,
    "c": 0.14266,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.55482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C64A

secondary

#364290

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C64A

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

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