#D8B751#D8B751

#D8B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.126 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B751
RGB	rgb(216, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 0.30, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 54.93, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0028 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.126 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7398, 49.0625, 14.7911)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B751 #5172D8

analogous

#D87351 #D8B751 #B6D851

triadic

#D8B751 #51D8B7 #B751D8

tetradic

#D8B751 #51D873 #5172D8 #D851B6

square

#D8B751 #51D873 #5172D8 #D851B6

split-complementary

#D8B751 #51B6D8 #7351D8

monochromatic

#8F7420 #C19C2B #D8B751 #E3CC83 #EEE0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D8B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#D8B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B751

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B751	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.126 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cc86',
    500: '#d8b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b751;
$custom-light: #e7cc86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78891,
    "c": 0.126,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B751

secondary

#A8B5DD

accent

#6AE641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B751

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

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