#D8BD48#D8BD48

#D8BD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD48
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -3.38, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 60.51, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0145 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.137 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.6884, 51.4644, 13.5514)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD48 #4863D8

analogous

#D87548 #D8BD48 #ABD848

triadic

#D8BD48 #48D8BD #BD48D8

tetradic

#D8BD48 #48D875 #4863D8 #D848AB

square

#D8BD48 #48D875 #4863D8 #D848AB

split-complementary

#D8BD48 #48ABD8 #7548D8

monochromatic

#89741D #BB9F28 #D8BD48 #E3CF7A #EEE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D8BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D8BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD48

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD48	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d081',
    500: '#d8bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd48;
$custom-light: #e8d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80027,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD48

secondary

#36468F

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD48

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

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