#D8C73C#D8C73C

#D8C73C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.153 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C73C
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -9.13, 67.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 68.22, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0322 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.153 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5602, 55.7742, 12.4290)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C73C #3C4DD8

analogous

#D8793C #D8C73C #9BD83C

triadic

#D8C73C #3CD8C7 #C73CD8

tetradic

#D8C73C #3CD879 #3C4DD8 #D83C9B

square

#D8C73C #3CD879 #3C4DD8 #D83C9B

split-complementary

#D8C73C #3C9BD8 #793CD8

monochromatic

#80751A #B3A324 #D8C73C #E2D66F #ECE4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#D8C73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C73C

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C73C	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.153 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d77b',
    500: '#d8c73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c73c;
$custom-light: #e8d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.462,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82003,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C73C

secondary

#313A87

accent

#51EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C73C

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

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