#D8B23F#D8B23F

#D8B23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B23F
RGB	rgb(216, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, 1.90, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 61.16, 88.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0004 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.136 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.1390, 46.8014, 11.3577)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B23F #3F65D8

analogous

#D8663F #D8B23F #B2D83F

triadic

#D8B23F #3FD8B2 #B23FD8

tetradic

#D8B23F #3FD866 #3F65D8 #D83FB2

square

#D8B23F #3FD866 #3F65D8 #D83FB2

split-complementary

#D8B23F #3FB2D8 #663FD8

monochromatic

#82681A #B59125 #D8B23F #E2C672 #EDDBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D8B23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#D8B23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B23F

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B23F	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)

#C6B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAA39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c87b',
    500: '#d8b23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b23f;
$custom-light: #e8c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77717,
    "c": 0.13623,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B23F

secondary

#99A9DA

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B23F

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

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