#D8BA46#D8BA46

#D8BA46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.136 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BA46
RGB	rgb(216, 186, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -1.93, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 60.46, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.0106 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.136 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.9856, 50.1614, 13.0004)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BA46 #4664D8

analogous

#D87146 #D8BA46 #ADD846

triadic

#D8BA46 #46D8BA #BA46D8

tetradic

#D8BA46 #46D871 #4664D8 #D846AD

square

#D8BA46 #46D871 #4664D8 #D846AD

split-complementary

#D8BA46 #46ADD8 #7146D8

monochromatic

#87711C #BA9C27 #D8BA46 #E3CD79 #EDE0AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D8BA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#D8BA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BA46

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BA46	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9ACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ba46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 186, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.136 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8ce7f',
    500: '#d8ba46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ba46;
$custom-light: #e8ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ba46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79396,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BA46

secondary

#35478D

accent

#62E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFAF2

border

#D6D3CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BA46

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

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