#D8B344#D8B344

#D8B344 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.133 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B344
RGB	rgb(216, 179, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.36, 1.63, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.36, 59.40, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0006 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.133 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4848, 47.2592, 12.1939)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B344 #4469D8

analogous

#D86944 #D8B344 #B3D844

triadic

#D8B344 #44D8B3 #B344D8

tetradic

#D8B344 #44D869 #4469D8 #D844B3

square

#D8B344 #44D869 #4469D8 #D844B3

split-complementary

#D8B344 #44B3D8 #6944D8

monochromatic

#866B1C #B89426 #D8B344 #E3C877 #EDDCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D8B344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#D8B344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B344

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B344	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)

#C6B136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 179, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.133 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8c97e',
    500: '#d8b344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b344;
$custom-light: #e8c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.13341,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B344

secondary

#9DADDB

accent

#6AE83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B344

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

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