#D8C84A#D8C84A

#D8C84A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.144 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C84A
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -8.92, 62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 63.23, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0301 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.144 102)
XYZ	xyz(50.2113, 56.4040, 14.7194)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C84A #4A5AD8

analogous

#D8814A #D8C84A #A1D84A

triadic

#D8C84A #4AD8C8 #C84AD8

tetradic

#D8C84A #4AD881 #4A5AD8 #D84AA1

square

#D8C84A #4AD881 #4A5AD8 #D84AA1

split-complementary

#D8C84A #4AA1D8 #814AD8

monochromatic

#8A7E1E #BCAC29 #D8C84A #E3D77C #EEE7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D8C84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C84A

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C84A	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)

#DAC239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.144 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d883',
    500: '#d8c84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c84a;
$custom-light: #e7d883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.239,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82318,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.56402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C84A

secondary

#364090

accent

#53E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C84A

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

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