#D8BC49#D8BC49

#D8BC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC49
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -2.80, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 59.80, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0127 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5070, 51.0488, 13.6531)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC49 #4965D8

analogous

#D87549 #D8BC49 #ADD849

triadic

#D8BC49 #49D8BC #BC49D8

tetradic

#D8BC49 #49D875 #4965D8 #D849AD

square

#D8BC49 #49D875 #4965D8 #D849AD

split-complementary

#D8BC49 #49ADD8 #7549D8

monochromatic

#89741D #BC9F28 #D8BC49 #E3CF7B #EEE1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D8BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D8BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC49

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC49	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)

#CEB83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8cf81',
    500: '#d8bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc49;
$custom-light: #e8cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79831,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC49

secondary

#36478F

accent

#61E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC49

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

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