#D8B83E#D8B83E

#D8B83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B83E
RGB	rgb(216, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 71.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -1.30, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 63.07, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0097 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(46.3313, 49.2303, 11.6185)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B83E #3E5ED8

analogous

#D86B3E #D8B83E #ABD83E

triadic

#D8B83E #3ED8B8 #B83ED8

tetradic

#D8B83E #3ED86B #3E5ED8 #D83EAB

square

#D8B83E #3ED86B #3E5ED8 #D83EAB

split-complementary

#D8B83E #3EABD8 #6B3ED8

monochromatic

#816C1A #B49624 #D8B83E #E2CB71 #EDDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D8B83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#D8B83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B83E

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B83E	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cc7b',
    500: '#d8b83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b83e;
$custom-light: #e8cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 66.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78924,
    "c": 0.14046,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.49228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B83E

secondary

#98A6D9

accent

#62E93E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B83E

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

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