#D8B956#D8B956

#D8B956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8B956
RGB	rgb(216, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -0.41, 53.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 53.27, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0043 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.123 92)
XYZ	xyz(47.3497, 49.9712, 15.9537)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8B956 #5675D8

analogous

#D87856 #D8B956 #B6D856

triadic

#D8B956 #56D8B9 #B956D8

tetradic

#D8B956 #56D878 #5675D8 #D856B6

square

#D8B956 #56D878 #5675D8 #D856B6

split-complementary

#D8B956 #56B6D8 #7856D8

monochromatic

#927722 #C4A02D #D8B956 #E3CE88 #EFE2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D8B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#D8B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8B956

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8B956	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cd89',
    500: '#d8b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8b956;
$custom-light: #e7cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79349,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.49969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8B956

secondary

#ABB8DE

accent

#69E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8B956

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

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