#D8C650#D8C650

#D8C650 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C650
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -7.54, 59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 60.07, 97.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.96% -0.0255 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(81.96% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.9630, 55.5684, 15.6819)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C650 #5062D8

analogous

#D88250 #D8C650 #A6D850

triadic

#D8C650 #50D8C6 #C650D8

tetradic

#D8C650 #50D882 #5062D8 #D850A6

square

#D8C650 #50D882 #5062D8 #D850A6

split-complementary

#D8C650 #50A6D8 #8250D8

monochromatic

#8E7F20 #C0AC2B #D8C650 #E3D682 #EEE7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#D8C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C650

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C650	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)

#D7C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d786',
    500: '#d8c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c650;
$custom-light: #e7d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81956,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C650

secondary

#394594

accent

#57E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C650

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

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