#D8B544#D8B544

#D8B544 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.135 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B544
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 0.58, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 59.91, 89.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0036 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.135 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8886, 48.0667, 12.3285)
Luminance	0.4806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B544 #4467D8

analogous

#D86B44 #D8B544 #B1D844

triadic

#D8B544 #44D8B5 #B544D8

tetradic

#D8B544 #44D86B #4467D8 #D844B1

square

#D8B544 #44D86B #4467D8 #D844B1

split-complementary

#D8B544 #44B1D8 #6B44D8

monochromatic

#866D1C #B89626 #D8B544 #E3C977 #EDDDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#D8B544 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B544

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B544	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.135 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7e',
    500: '#d8b544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b544;
$custom-light: #e8ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78364,
    "c": 0.13458,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B544

secondary

#9DACDB

accent

#67E83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B544

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

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