#D8B844#D8B844

#D8B844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.136 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B844
RGB	rgb(216, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.64, -0.99, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.64, 60.71, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0081 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.136 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5051, 49.2998, 12.5340)
Luminance	0.4930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B844 #4464D8

analogous

#D86E44 #D8B844 #AED844

triadic

#D8B844 #44D8B8 #B844D8

tetradic

#D8B844 #44D86E #4464D8 #D844AE

square

#D8B844 #44D86E #4464D8 #D844AE

split-complementary

#D8B844 #44AED8 #6E44D8

monochromatic

#866F1C #B89926 #D8B844 #E3CB77 #EDDEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D8B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#D8B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B844

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B844	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.136 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd7e',
    500: '#d8b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b844;
$custom-light: #e8cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B844

secondary

#9DAADB

accent

#64E83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B844

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

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