#D8B951#D8B951

#D8B951 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B951
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -0.75, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 55.50, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.0059 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.127 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1553, 49.8934, 14.9296)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B951 #5170D8

analogous

#D87551 #D8B951 #B3D851

triadic

#D8B951 #51D8B9 #B951D8

tetradic

#D8B951 #51D875 #5170D8 #D851B3

square

#D8B951 #51D875 #5170D8 #D851B3

split-complementary

#D8B951 #51B3D8 #7551D8

monochromatic

#8F7520 #C19E2B #D8B951 #E3CD83 #EEE1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D8B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#D8B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B951

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B951	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd86',
    500: '#d8b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b951;
$custom-light: #e7cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.222,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79296,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B951

secondary

#A8B4DD

accent

#67E641

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B951

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

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