#D8C651#D8C651

#D8C651 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C651
RGB	rgb(216, 198, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -7.48, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 59.64, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0252 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0002, 55.5833, 15.8779)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C651 #5163D8

analogous

#D88251 #D8C651 #A6D851

triadic

#D8C651 #51D8C6 #C651D8

tetradic

#D8C651 #51D882 #5163D8 #D851A6

square

#D8C651 #51D882 #5163D8 #D851A6

split-complementary

#D8C651 #51A6D8 #8251D8

monochromatic

#8F8020 #C1AD2B #D8C651 #E3D683 #EEE7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#D8C651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C651

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C651	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 198, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d787',
    500: '#d8c651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c651;
$custom-light: #e7d787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81966,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C651

secondary

#394594

accent

#57E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C651

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

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