#D8B442#D8B442

#D8B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B442
RGB	rgb(216, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 1.00, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 60.47, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0026 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.135 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6260, 47.6375, 11.9450)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B442 #4266D8

analogous

#D86942 #D8B442 #B1D842

triadic

#D8B442 #42D8B4 #B442D8

tetradic

#D8B442 #42D869 #4266D8 #D842B1

square

#D8B442 #42D869 #4266D8 #D842B1

split-complementary

#D8B442 #42B1D8 #6942D8

monochromatic

#846B1B #B79426 #D8B442 #E2C875 #EDDCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D8B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#D8B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B442

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B442	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7c',
    500: '#d8b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b442;
$custom-light: #e8ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B442

secondary

#9CABDA

accent

#68E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B442

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

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