#D8B856#D8B856

#D8B856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.122 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B856
RGB	rgb(216, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 0.12, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 52.98, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0028 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.123 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.1413, 49.5543, 15.8842)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B856 #5676D8

analogous

#D87756 #D8B856 #B7D856

triadic

#D8B856 #56D8B8 #B856D8

tetradic

#D8B856 #56D877 #5676D8 #D856B7

square

#D8B856 #56D877 #5676D8 #D856B7

split-complementary

#D8B856 #56B7D8 #7756D8

monochromatic

#927622 #C49F2D #D8B856 #E3CD88 #EFE2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D8B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#D8B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B856

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B856	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.122 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd89',
    500: '#d8b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b856;
$custom-light: #e7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79147,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B856

secondary

#ABB8DE

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B856

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

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