#D8BC42#D8BC42

#D8BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.141 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC42
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -3.18, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 62.63, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0146 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.141 96)
XYZ	xyz(47.2878, 50.9612, 12.4989)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC42 #425ED8

analogous

#D87142 #D8BC42 #A9D842

triadic

#D8BC42 #42D8BC #BC42D8

tetradic

#D8BC42 #42D871 #425ED8 #D842A9

square

#D8BC42 #42D871 #425ED8 #D842A9

split-complementary

#D8BC42 #42A9D8 #7142D8

monochromatic

#84711B #B79C26 #D8BC42 #E2CE75 #EDE0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D8BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#D8BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC42

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC42	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.141 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf7d',
    500: '#d8bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc42;
$custom-light: #e8cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.14053,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.50959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC42

secondary

#33448B

accent

#5FE93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC42

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

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