#D8C849#D8C849

#D8C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.145 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C849
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -8.98, 63.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 63.64, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0304 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.145 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1779, 56.3906, 14.5434)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C849 #4959D8

analogous

#D88149 #D8C849 #A1D849

triadic

#D8C849 #49D8C8 #C849D8

tetradic

#D8C849 #49D881 #4959D8 #D849A1

square

#D8C849 #49D881 #4959D8 #D849A1

split-complementary

#D8C849 #49A1D8 #8149D8

monochromatic

#897D1D #BCAB28 #D8C849 #E3D77B #EEE6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D8C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C849

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C849	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.145 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d882',
    500: '#d8c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c849;
$custom-light: #e7d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8231,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C849

secondary

#36408F

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C849

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

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