#D8B53D#D8B53D

#D8B53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B53D
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 0.22, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 62.68, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0054 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.139 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6876, 47.9863, 11.2698)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B53D #3D60D8

analogous

#D8683D #D8B53D #ADD83D

triadic

#D8B53D #3DD8B5 #B53DD8

tetradic

#D8B53D #3DD868 #3D60D8 #D83DAD

square

#D8B53D #3DD868 #3D60D8 #D83DAD

split-complementary

#D8B53D #3DADD8 #683DD8

monochromatic

#816A1A #B49324 #D8B53D #E2C870 #ECDCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#D8B53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B53D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B53D	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7a',
    500: '#d8b53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b53d;
$custom-light: #e8ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 66.524,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B53D

secondary

#98A6D9

accent

#65E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B53D

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

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