#D8B342#D8B342

#D8B342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B342
RGB	rgb(216, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 1.52, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 60.21, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0011 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.135 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4248, 47.2352, 11.8779)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B342 #4267D8

analogous

#D86842 #D8B342 #B2D842

triadic

#D8B342 #42D8B3 #B342D8

tetradic

#D8B342 #42D868 #4267D8 #D842B2

square

#D8B342 #42D868 #4267D8 #D842B2

split-complementary

#D8B342 #42B2D8 #6842D8

monochromatic

#846A1B #B79326 #D8B342 #E2C775 #EDDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D8B342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#D8B342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B342

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B342	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c97c',
    500: '#d8b342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b342;
$custom-light: #e8c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77943,
    "c": 0.13478,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B342

secondary

#9CABDA

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B342

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

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