#D8BA59#D8BA59

#D8BA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BA59
RGB	rgb(216, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -0.72, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 52.21, 90.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0048 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6831, 50.4404, 16.6736)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BA59 #5977D8

analogous

#D87B59 #D8BA59 #B6D859

triadic

#D8BA59 #59D8BA #BA59D8

tetradic

#D8BA59 #59D87B #5977D8 #D859B6

square

#D8BA59 #59D87B #5977D8 #D859B6

split-complementary

#D8BA59 #59B6D8 #7B59D8

monochromatic

#947923 #C5A22E #D8BA59 #E4CF8B #EFE3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D8BA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#D8BA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BA59

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BA59	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8ADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7ce8b',
    500: '#d8ba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ba59;
$custom-light: #e7ce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79586,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BA59

secondary

#3C5299

accent

#69E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFAF4

border

#D6D3CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BA59

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

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