#D8C84E#D8C84E

#D8C84E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C84E
RGB	rgb(216, 200, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -8.69, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 61.60, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.029 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.3503, 56.4596, 15.4519)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C84E #4E5ED8

analogous

#D8834E #D8C84E #A3D84E

triadic

#D8C84E #4ED8C8 #C84ED8

tetradic

#D8C84E #4ED883 #4E5ED8 #D84EA3

square

#D8C84E #4ED883 #4E5ED8 #D84EA3

split-complementary

#D8C84E #4EA3D8 #834ED8

monochromatic

#8D801F #BFAE2A #D8C84E #E3D880 #EEE7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D8C84E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#D8C84E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C84E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C84E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C84E	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c84e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 200, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d885',
    500: '#d8c84e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c84e;
$custom-light: #e7d885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c84e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82353,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C84E

secondary

#384292

accent

#54E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C84E

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

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