#D8B944#D8B944

#D8B944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B944
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -1.52, 60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 60.99, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0096 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.137 94)
XYZ	xyz(46.7136, 49.7168, 12.6035)
Luminance	0.4971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B944 #4463D8

analogous

#D86F44 #D8B944 #ADD844

triadic

#D8B944 #44D8B9 #B944D8

tetradic

#D8B944 #44D86F #4463D8 #D844AD

square

#D8B944 #44D86F #4463D8 #D844AD

split-complementary

#D8B944 #44ADD8 #6F44D8

monochromatic

#86701C #B89A26 #D8B944 #E3CC77 #EDDFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D8B944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.94

#D8B944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B944

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B944	1.00	1.92	10.94	10.94
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd7e',
    500: '#d8b944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b944;
$custom-light: #e8cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 65.487,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79175,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.49714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B944

secondary

#9DAADB

accent

#63E83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B944

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

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