#D8BD49#D8BD49

#D8BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD49
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -3.32, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 60.10, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0142 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(47.7213, 51.4776, 13.7246)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD49 #4964D8

analogous

#D87649 #D8BD49 #ACD849

triadic

#D8BD49 #49D8BD #BD49D8

tetradic

#D8BD49 #49D876 #4964D8 #D849AC

square

#D8BD49 #49D876 #4964D8 #D849AC

split-complementary

#D8BD49 #49ACD8 #7649D8

monochromatic

#89751D #BCA028 #D8BD49 #E3CF7B #EEE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D8BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D8BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD49

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD49	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d081',
    500: '#d8bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd49;
$custom-light: #e8d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80036,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.51475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD49

secondary

#36478F

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD49

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

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