#D8CC44#D8CC44

#D8CC44 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.152 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CC44
RGB	rgb(216, 204, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -11.28, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 66.95, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.11% -0.0374 0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(83.11% 0.152 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.9572, 58.2040, 14.0180)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CC44 #4450D8

analogous

#D88244 #D8CC44 #9AD844

triadic

#D8CC44 #44D8CC #CC44D8

tetradic

#D8CC44 #44D882 #4450D8 #D8449A

square

#D8CC44 #44D882 #4450D8 #D8449A

split-complementary

#D8CC44 #449AD8 #8244D8

monochromatic

#867D1C #B8AD26 #D8CC44 #E3DA77 #EDE8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D8CC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D8CC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CC44

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CC44	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8BEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 204, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.152 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8db80',
    500: '#d8cc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cc44;
$custom-light: #e8db80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83106,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CC44

secondary

#343B8C

accent

#4DE83F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CC44

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

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