#D8C744#D8C744

#D8C744 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C744
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -8.74, 64.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 65.26, 97.70°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0302 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7879, 55.8653, 13.6283)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C744 #4455D8

analogous

#D87D44 #D8C744 #9FD844

triadic

#D8C744 #44D8C7 #C744D8

tetradic

#D8C744 #44D87D #4455D8 #D8449F

square

#D8C744 #44D87D #4455D8 #D8449F

split-complementary

#D8C744 #449FD8 #7D44D8

monochromatic

#867A1C #B8A826 #D8C744 #E3D677 #EDE5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D8C744 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D8C744 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C744

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C744	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C744	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c744;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d77f',
    500: '#d8c744',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c744;
$custom-light: #e8d77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c744",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.108,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C744

secondary

#343E8C

accent

#53E83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C744

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

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