#D8C74E#D8C74E

#D8C74E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.141 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C74E
RGB	rgb(216, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -8.17, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 61.25, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0275 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.141 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.1195, 55.9979, 15.3749)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C74E #4E5FD8

analogous

#D8824E #D8C74E #A4D84E

triadic

#D8C74E #4ED8C7 #C74ED8

tetradic

#D8C74E #4ED882 #4E5FD8 #D84EA4

square

#D8C74E #4ED882 #4E5FD8 #D84EA4

split-complementary

#D8C74E #4EA4D8 #824ED8

monochromatic

#8D7F1F #BFAC2A #D8C74E #E3D780 #EEE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#D8C74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C74E

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C74E	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC855

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.141 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d785',
    500: '#d8c74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c74e;
$custom-light: #e7d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C74E

secondary

#384392

accent

#55E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C74E

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

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