#D8BC45#D8BC45

#D8BC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.138 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC45
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -3.03, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 61.44, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0138 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.138 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.3786, 50.9975, 12.9770)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC45 #4561D8

analogous

#D87245 #D8BC45 #ABD845

triadic

#D8BC45 #45D8BC #BC45D8

tetradic

#D8BC45 #45D872 #4561D8 #D845AB

square

#D8BC45 #45D872 #4561D8 #D845AB

split-complementary

#D8BC45 #45ABD8 #7245D8

monochromatic

#86721C #B99D27 #D8BC45 #E3CE78 #EDE0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D8BC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D8BC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC45

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC45	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.138 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf7f',
    500: '#d8bc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc45;
$custom-light: #e8cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79797,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC45

secondary

#34458D

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC45

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

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