#D8BB56#D8BB56

#D8BB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BB56
RGB	rgb(216, 187, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -1.45, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 53.87, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0073 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.125 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7710, 50.8139, 16.0941)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BB56 #5673D8

analogous

#D87A56 #D8BB56 #B4D856

triadic

#D8BB56 #56D8BB #BB56D8

tetradic

#D8BB56 #56D87A #5673D8 #D856B4

square

#D8BB56 #56D87A #5673D8 #D856B4

split-complementary

#D8BB56 #56B4D8 #7A56D8

monochromatic

#927922 #C4A22D #D8BB56 #E3CF88 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D8BB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#D8BB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BB56

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BB56	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 187, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf89',
    500: '#d8bb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bb56;
$custom-light: #e7cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.615,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79756,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BB56

secondary

#3B5097

accent

#67E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BB56

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

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