#D8C74B#D8C74B

#D8C74B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C74B
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -8.35, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 62.49, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0284 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.0144, 55.9559, 14.8213)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C74B #4B5CD8

analogous

#D8814B #D8C74B #A3D84B

triadic

#D8C74B #4BD8C7 #C74BD8

tetradic

#D8C74B #4BD881 #4B5CD8 #D84BA3

square

#D8C74B #4BD881 #4B5CD8 #D84BA3

split-complementary

#D8C74B #4BA3D8 #814BD8

monochromatic

#8B7D1E #BDAB29 #D8C74B #E3D77D #EEE6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D8C74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C74B

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C74B	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)

#D9C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d783',
    500: '#d8c74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c74b;
$custom-light: #e7d783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82119,
    "c": 0.14278,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C74B

secondary

#374290

accent

#55E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C74B

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

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