#D8B548#D8B548

#D8B548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B548
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.90, 0.80, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.90, 58.26, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0025 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.132 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0148, 48.1172, 12.9935)
Luminance	0.4812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B548 #486BD8

analogous

#D86D48 #D8B548 #B3D848

triadic

#D8B548 #48D8B5 #B548D8

tetradic

#D8B548 #48D86D #486BD8 #D848B3

square

#D8B548 #48D86D #486BD8 #D848B3

split-complementary

#D8B548 #48B3D8 #6D48D8

monochromatic

#896E1D #BB9728 #D8B548 #E3C97A #EEDEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#D8B548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B548

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B548	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)

#C8B33B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca80',
    500: '#d8b548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b548;
$custom-light: #e8ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B548

secondary

#A0AFDB

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B548

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

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