#D7B038#D7B038

#D7B038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7B038
RGB	rgb(215, 176, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 2.19, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 63.22, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0003 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.139 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2660, 45.7860, 10.2467)
Luminance	0.4578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7B038 #385FD7

analogous

#D76038 #D7B038 #AED738

triadic

#D7B038 #38D7B0 #B038D7

tetradic

#D7B038 #38D760 #385FD7 #D738AE

square

#D7B038 #38D760 #385FD7 #D738AE

split-complementary

#D7B038 #38AED7 #6038D7

monochromatic

#7C6319 #AF8C23 #D7B038 #E1C46B #EBD89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D7B038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#D7B038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7B038

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7B038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7B038	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7b038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 176, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c777',
    500: '#d7b038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7b038;
$custom-light: #e8c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7b038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77162,
    "c": 0.13928,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7B038

secondary

#93A4D8

accent

#68E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7B038

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

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