#D8B545#D8B545

#D8B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B545
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, 0.63, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 59.51, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0033 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.134 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9194, 48.0790, 12.4906)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B545 #4568D8

analogous

#D86B45 #D8B545 #B1D845

triadic

#D8B545 #45D8B5 #B545D8

tetradic

#D8B545 #45D86B #4568D8 #D845B1

square

#D8B545 #45D86B #4568D8 #D845B1

split-complementary

#D8B545 #45B1D8 #6B45D8

monochromatic

#866D1C #B99627 #D8B545 #E3C978 #EDDDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D8B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B545

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B545	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca7e',
    500: '#d8b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b545;
$custom-light: #e8ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78372,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B545

secondary

#9EACDB

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B545

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

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