#D8C837#D8C837

#D8C837 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 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C837
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 74.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -9.86, 69.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 70.26, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0347 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.157 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.6650, 56.1855, 11.8425)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C837 #3747D8

analogous

#D87737 #D8C837 #98D837

triadic

#D8C837 #37D8C8 #C837D8

tetradic

#D8C837 #37D877 #3747D8 #D83798

square

#D8C837 #37D877 #3747D8 #D83798

split-complementary

#D8C837 #3798D8 #7737D8

monochromatic

#7C7218 #B0A222 #D8C837 #E2D66A #ECE49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D8C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D8C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C837

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C837	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.157 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d879',
    500: '#d8c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c837;
$custom-light: #e8d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.037,
    "s": 67.364,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8218,
    "c": 0.15652,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C837

secondary

#2F3884

accent

#4FEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C837

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

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