#D8C836#D8C836

#D8C836 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.157 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C836
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 75%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -9.90, 69.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 70.59, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.0349 0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.157 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6413, 56.1760, 11.7175)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C836 #3646D8

analogous

#D87736 #D8C836 #97D836

triadic

#D8C836 #36D8C8 #C836D8

tetradic

#D8C836 #36D877 #3646D8 #D83697

square

#D8C836 #36D877 #3646D8 #D83697

split-complementary

#D8C836 #3697D8 #7736D8

monochromatic

#7C7218 #AFA122 #D8C836 #E2D669 #ECE49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D8C836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C836

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C836	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.157 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d878',
    500: '#d8c836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c836;
$custom-light: #e8d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82174,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C836

secondary

#2F3783

accent

#4FEA3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C836

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

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