#D8BC55#D8BC55

#D8BC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC55
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -2.04, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 54.62, 92.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0091 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.126 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9439, 51.2236, 15.9544)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC55 #5571D8

analogous

#D87B55 #D8BC55 #B2D855

triadic

#D8BC55 #55D8BC #BC55D8

tetradic

#D8BC55 #55D87B #5571D8 #D855B2

square

#D8BC55 #55D87B #5571D8 #D855B2

split-complementary

#D8BC55 #55B2D8 #7B55D8

monochromatic

#917921 #C3A32D #D8BC55 #E3D087 #EFE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D8BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D8BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC55

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC55	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf89',
    500: '#d8bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc55;
$custom-light: #e7cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC55

secondary

#3B4E96

accent

#65E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC55

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

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