#D8C74A#D8C74A

#D8C74A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.144 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C74A
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -8.41, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 62.89, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0286 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.144 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.9804, 55.9423, 14.6425)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C74A #4A5BD8

analogous

#D8804A #D8C74A #A2D84A

triadic

#D8C74A #4AD8C7 #C74AD8

tetradic

#D8C74A #4AD880 #4A5BD8 #D84AA2

square

#D8C74A #4AD880 #4A5BD8 #D84AA2

split-complementary

#D8C74A #4AA2D8 #804AD8

monochromatic

#8A7D1E #BCAB29 #D8C74A #E3D77C #EEE6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D8C74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C74A

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C74A	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.144 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d783',
    500: '#d8c74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c74a;
$custom-light: #e7d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.817,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8211,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C74A

secondary

#364190

accent

#54E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C74A

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

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