#D8BD3B#D8BD3B

#D8BD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD3B
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 72.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -4.04, 65.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 65.57, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0178 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.146 97)
XYZ	xyz(47.3083, 51.3124, 11.5492)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD3B #3B56D8

analogous

#D86F3B #D8BD3B #A4D83B

triadic

#D8BD3B #3BD8BD #BD3BD8

tetradic

#D8BD3B #3BD86F #3B56D8 #D83BA4

square

#D8BD3B #3BD86F #3B56D8 #D83BA4

split-complementary

#D8BD3B #3BA4D8 #6F3BD8

monochromatic

#7F6E19 #B29A23 #D8BD3B #E2CE6E #ECDFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D8BD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D8BD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD3B

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD3B	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D0B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d079',
    500: '#d8bd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd3b;
$custom-light: #e8d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.682,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79925,
    "c": 0.14572,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.5131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD3B

secondary

#313F86

accent

#5CEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD3B

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

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