#D8B949#D8B949

#D8B949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B949
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -1.24, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 58.94, 91.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.0082 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8728, 49.7804, 13.4417)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B949 #4968D8

analogous

#D87249 #D8B949 #B0D849

triadic

#D8B949 #49D8B9 #B949D8

tetradic

#D8B949 #49D872 #4968D8 #D849B0

square

#D8B949 #49D872 #4968D8 #D849B0

split-complementary

#D8B949 #49B0D8 #7249D8

monochromatic

#89721D #BC9C28 #D8B949 #E3CC7B #EEE0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#D8B949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#D8B949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B949

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B949	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cd81',
    500: '#d8b949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b949;
$custom-light: #e8cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79219,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B949

secondary

#A1AEDC

accent

#64E840

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B949

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

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