#D8C64E#D8C64E

#D8C64E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C64E
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -7.66, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 60.91, 97.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0261 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8902, 55.5393, 15.2985)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C64E #4E60D8

analogous

#D8814E #D8C64E #A5D84E

triadic

#D8C64E #4ED8C6 #C64ED8

tetradic

#D8C64E #4ED881 #4E60D8 #D84EA5

square

#D8C64E #4ED881 #4E60D8 #D84EA5

split-complementary

#D8C64E #4EA5D8 #814ED8

monochromatic

#8D7E1F #BFAB2A #D8C64E #E3D680 #EEE6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D8C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C64E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C64E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d785',
    500: '#d8c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c64e;
$custom-light: #e7d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C64E

secondary

#384492

accent

#57E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C64E

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

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