#D8BC48#D8BC48

#D8BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC48
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -2.86, 60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 60.22, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.013 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.136 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4741, 51.0357, 13.4799)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC48 #4864D8

analogous

#D87448 #D8BC48 #ACD848

triadic

#D8BC48 #48D8BC #BC48D8

tetradic

#D8BC48 #48D874 #4864D8 #D848AC

square

#D8BC48 #48D874 #4864D8 #D848AC

split-complementary

#D8BC48 #48ACD8 #7448D8

monochromatic

#89741D #BB9E28 #D8BC48 #E3CE7A #EEE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D8BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D8BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC48

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC48	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d8bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc48;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79822,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC48

secondary

#36478F

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC48

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

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