#D8B549#D8B549

#D8B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B549
RGB	rgb(216, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, 0.86, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 57.84, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0022 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.131 91)
XYZ	xyz(46.0477, 48.1303, 13.1667)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B549 #496CD8

analogous

#D86E49 #D8B549 #B3D849

triadic

#D8B549 #49D8B5 #B549D8

tetradic

#D8B549 #49D86E #496CD8 #D849B3

square

#D8B549 #49D86E #496CD8 #D849B3

split-complementary

#D8B549 #49B3D8 #6E49D8

monochromatic

#896F1D #BC9828 #D8B549 #E3C97B #EEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#D8B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#D8B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B549

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B549	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ca81',
    500: '#d8b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b549;
$custom-light: #e8ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78408,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.48128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B549

secondary

#A1AFDC

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B549

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

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