#D8B945#D8B945

#D8B945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.136 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B945
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -1.46, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 60.58, 91.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0094 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.136 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7444, 49.7291, 12.7656)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B945 #4564D8

analogous

#D86F45 #D8B945 #ADD845

triadic

#D8B945 #45D8B9 #B945D8

tetradic

#D8B945 #45D86F #4564D8 #D845AD

square

#D8B945 #45D86F #4564D8 #D845AD

split-complementary

#D8B945 #45ADD8 #6F45D8

monochromatic

#86701C #B99A27 #D8B945 #E3CC78 #EDDFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D8B945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#D8B945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B945

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B945	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.136 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd7f',
    500: '#d8b945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b945;
$custom-light: #e8cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79184,
    "c": 0.1364,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B945

secondary

#9EABDB

accent

#63E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#17130A

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B945

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

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