#D8C951#D8C951

#D8C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.140 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8C951
RGB	rgb(216, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -9.01, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 60.69, 98.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.59% -0.0296 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(82.59% 0.14 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6927, 56.9683, 16.1087)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8C951 #5160D8

analogous

#D88551 #D8C951 #A4D851

triadic

#D8C951 #51D8C9 #C951D8

tetradic

#D8C951 #51D885 #5160D8 #D851A4

square

#D8C951 #51D885 #5160D8 #D851A4

split-complementary

#D8C951 #51A4D8 #8551D8

monochromatic

#8F8220 #C1B02B #D8C951 #E3D983 #EEE8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D8C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#D8C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8C951

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8C951	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.140 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d987',
    500: '#d8c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8c951;
$custom-light: #e7d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82589,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8C951

secondary

#394394

accent

#54E641

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF3

border

#D6D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8C951

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

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