#D8B855#D8B855

#D8B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.123 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B855
RGB	rgb(216, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 0.05, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 53.43, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0031 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.123 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1012, 49.5383, 15.6735)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B855 #5575D8

analogous

#D87755 #D8B855 #B6D855

triadic

#D8B855 #55D8B8 #B855D8

tetradic

#D8B855 #55D877 #5575D8 #D855B6

square

#D8B855 #55D877 #5575D8 #D855B6

split-complementary

#D8B855 #55B6D8 #7755D8

monochromatic

#917621 #C39E2D #D8B855 #E3CD87 #EFE2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D8B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#D8B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B855

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B855	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.123 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd88',
    500: '#d8b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b855;
$custom-light: #e7cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79136,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B855

secondary

#ABB7DE

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B855

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

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