#D8BB59#D8BB59

#D8BB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.122 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BB59
RGB	rgb(216, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -1.24, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 52.51, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0063 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.122 93)
XYZ	xyz(47.8945, 50.8632, 16.7441)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BB59 #5976D8

analogous

#D87B59 #D8BB59 #B6D859

triadic

#D8BB59 #59D8BB #BB59D8

tetradic

#D8BB59 #59D87B #5976D8 #D859B6

square

#D8BB59 #59D87B #5976D8 #D859B6

split-complementary

#D8BB59 #59B6D8 #7B59D8

monochromatic

#947A23 #C5A32E #D8BB59 #E4CF8B #EFE4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D8BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#D8BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BB59

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BB59	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.122 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf8b',
    500: '#d8bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bb59;
$custom-light: #e7cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79789,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.50861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BB59

secondary

#3C5199

accent

#68E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BB59

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

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