#D8C94D#D8C94D

#D8C94D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.143 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C94D
RGB	rgb(216, 201, 77)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.13, -9.26, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.13, 62.36, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.55% -0.0307 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(82.55% 0.143 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.5471, 56.9101, 15.3419)
Luminance	0.5691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C94D #4D5CD8

analogous

#D8834D #D8C94D #A2D84D

triadic

#D8C94D #4DD8C9 #C94DD8

tetradic

#D8C94D #4DD883 #4D5CD8 #D84DA2

square

#D8C94D #4DD883 #4D5CD8 #D84DA2

split-complementary

#D8C94D #4DA2D8 #834DD8

monochromatic

#8C801F #BEAE2A #D8C94D #E3D87F #EEE7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D8C94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#D8C94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C94D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C94D	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 201, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.143 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d985',
    500: '#d8c94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c94d;
$custom-light: #e7d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.525,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82553,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C94D

secondary

#374192

accent

#53E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C94D

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

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