#D8B43E#D8B43E

#D8B43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B43E
RGB	rgb(216, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 0.80, 62.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 62.04, 89.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0037 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.138 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5121, 47.5920, 11.3455)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B43E #3E62D8

analogous

#D8673E #D8B43E #AFD83E

triadic

#D8B43E #3ED8B4 #B43ED8

tetradic

#D8B43E #3ED867 #3E62D8 #D83EAF

square

#D8B43E #3ED867 #3E62D8 #D83EAF

split-complementary

#D8B43E #3EAFD8 #673ED8

monochromatic

#81691A #B49324 #D8B43E #E2C871 #EDDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D8B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#D8B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B43E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B43E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7a',
    500: '#d8b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b43e;
$custom-light: #e8ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78113,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B43E

secondary

#98A8D9

accent

#66E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B43E

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

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