#D8B23E#D8B23E

#D8B23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.137 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B23E
RGB	rgb(216, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 1.85, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 61.55, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0007 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.137 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1113, 46.7903, 11.2119)
Luminance	0.4679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B23E #3E64D8

analogous

#D8653E #D8B23E #B1D83E

triadic

#D8B23E #3ED8B2 #B23ED8

tetradic

#D8B23E #3ED865 #3E64D8 #D83EB1

square

#D8B23E #3ED865 #3E64D8 #D83EB1

split-complementary

#D8B23E #3EB1D8 #653ED8

monochromatic

#81681A #B49124 #D8B23E #E2C671 #EDDBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D8B23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#D8B23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B23E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B23E	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.137 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c87a',
    500: '#d8b23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b23e;
$custom-light: #e8c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77709,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B23E

secondary

#98A8D9

accent

#69E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B23E

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

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