#D8B953#D8B953

#D8B953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.126 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B953
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 61.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -0.61, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 54.62, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0052 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.126 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2314, 49.9239, 15.3304)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B953 #5372D8

analogous

#D87653 #D8B953 #B4D853

triadic

#D8B953 #53D8B9 #B953D8

tetradic

#D8B953 #53D876 #5372D8 #D853B4

square

#D8B953 #53D876 #5372D8 #D853B4

split-complementary

#D8B953 #53B4D8 #7653D8

monochromatic

#907621 #C29F2C #D8B953 #E3CD85 #EFE2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D8B953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#D8B953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B953

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B953	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)

#CBB648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.126 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd87',
    500: '#d8b953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b953;
$custom-light: #e7cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79317,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B953

secondary

#A9B5DE

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B953

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

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