#D8C845#D8C845

#D8C845 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.148 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C845
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -9.20, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 65.21, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.0314 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.148 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.0495, 56.3393, 13.8673)
Luminance	0.5634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C845 #4555D8

analogous

#D87E45 #D8C845 #9FD845

triadic

#D8C845 #45D8C8 #C845D8

tetradic

#D8C845 #45D87E #4555D8 #D8459F

square

#D8C845 #45D87E #4555D8 #D8459F

split-complementary

#D8C845 #459FD8 #7E45D8

monochromatic

#867B1C #B9A927 #D8C845 #E3D778 #EDE6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#D8C845 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C845

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C845	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.148 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d880',
    500: '#d8c845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c845;
$custom-light: #e8d880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82277,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C845

secondary

#343E8D

accent

#52E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C845

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

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