#D8BC59#D8BC59

#D8BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.123 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BC59
RGB	rgb(216, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -1.76, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 52.82, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0078 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.123 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1073, 51.2890, 16.8151)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BC59 #5975D8

analogous

#D87D59 #D8BC59 #B4D859

triadic

#D8BC59 #59D8BC #BC59D8

tetradic

#D8BC59 #59D87D #5975D8 #D859B4

square

#D8BC59 #59D87D #5975D8 #D859B4

split-complementary

#D8BC59 #59B4D8 #7D59D8

monochromatic

#947B23 #C5A42E #D8BC59 #E4D08B #EFE4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D8BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D8BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BC59

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BC59	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.123 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7cf8b',
    500: '#d8bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bc59;
$custom-light: #e7cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79992,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BC59

secondary

#3C5199

accent

#67E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BC59

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

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