#D8BB55#D8BB55

#D8BB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BB55
RGB	rgb(216, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -1.52, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 54.32, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0076 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.125 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7310, 50.7979, 15.8834)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BB55 #5572D8

analogous

#D87A55 #D8BB55 #B3D855

triadic

#D8BB55 #55D8BB #BB55D8

tetradic

#D8BB55 #55D87A #5572D8 #D855B3

square

#D8BB55 #55D87A #5572D8 #D855B3

split-complementary

#D8BB55 #55B3D8 #7A55D8

monochromatic

#917821 #C3A22D #D8BB55 #E3CF87 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D8BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#D8BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BB55

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BB55	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf88',
    500: '#d8bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bb55;
$custom-light: #e7cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.718,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BB55

secondary

#3B4F96

accent

#66E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BB55

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

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