#D8C842#D8C842

#D8C842 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.150 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C842
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -9.35, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 66.36, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0322 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.15 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.9587, 56.3029, 13.3892)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C842 #4252D8

analogous

#D87D42 #D8C842 #9DD842

triadic

#D8C842 #42D8C8 #C842D8

tetradic

#D8C842 #42D87D #4252D8 #D8429D

square

#D8C842 #42D87D #4252D8 #D8429D

split-complementary

#D8C842 #429DD8 #7D42D8

monochromatic

#84791B #B7A826 #D8C842 #E2D775 #EDE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D8C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C842

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C842	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.150 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d87e',
    500: '#d8c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c842;
$custom-light: #e8d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82254,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C842

secondary

#333D8B

accent

#51E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C842

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

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