#D8B53E#D8B53E

#D8B53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.139 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B53E
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 0.27, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 62.29, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.0052 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.139 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7147, 47.9972, 11.4130)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B53E #3E61D8

analogous

#D8683E #D8B53E #AED83E

triadic

#D8B53E #3ED8B5 #B53ED8

tetradic

#D8B53E #3ED868 #3E61D8 #D83EAE

square

#D8B53E #3ED868 #3E61D8 #D83EAE

split-complementary

#D8B53E #3EAED8 #683ED8

monochromatic

#816A1A #B49424 #D8B53E #E2C971 #EDDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#D8B53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B53E

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B53E	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)

#C9B22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.139 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7a',
    500: '#d8b53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b53e;
$custom-light: #e8ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B53E

secondary

#98A7D9

accent

#65E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B53E

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

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