#D8B849#D8B849

#D8B849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B849
RGB	rgb(216, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -0.71, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 58.65, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0067 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.133 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6643, 49.3635, 13.3722)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B849 #4969D8

analogous

#D87149 #D8B849 #B1D849

triadic

#D8B849 #49D8B8 #B849D8

tetradic

#D8B849 #49D871 #4969D8 #D849B1

square

#D8B849 #49D871 #4969D8 #D849B1

split-complementary

#D8B849 #49B1D8 #7149D8

monochromatic

#89711D #BC9B28 #D8B849 #E3CC7B #EEDFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D8B849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#D8B849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B849

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B849	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd81',
    500: '#d8b849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b849;
$custom-light: #e8cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79016,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B849

secondary

#A1AEDC

accent

#66E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B849

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

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