#D8B649#D8B649

#D8B649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.132 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B649
RGB	rgb(216, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, 0.33, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 58.11, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0037 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.132 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2518, 48.5385, 13.2347)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B649 #496BD8

analogous

#D86F49 #D8B649 #B3D849

triadic

#D8B649 #49D8B6 #B649D8

tetradic

#D8B649 #49D86F #496BD8 #D849B3

square

#D8B649 #49D86F #496BD8 #D849B3

split-complementary

#D8B649 #49B3D8 #6F49D8

monochromatic

#89701D #BC9928 #D8B649 #E3CA7B #EEDEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D8B649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#D8B649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B649

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B649	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.132 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cb81',
    500: '#d8b649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b649;
$custom-light: #e8cb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7861,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B649

secondary

#A1AFDC

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B649

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

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