#D8BD4A#D8BD4A

#D8BD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD4A
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -3.26, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 59.69, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0139 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7548, 51.4909, 13.9006)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD4A #4A65D8

analogous

#D8764A #D8BD4A #ACD84A

triadic

#D8BD4A #4AD8BD #BD4AD8

tetradic

#D8BD4A #4AD876 #4A65D8 #D84AAC

square

#D8BD4A #4AD876 #4A65D8 #D84AAC

split-complementary

#D8BD4A #4AACD8 #764AD8

monochromatic

#8A751E #BCA029 #D8BD4A #E3CF7C #EEE2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D8BD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D8BD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD4A

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD4A	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)

#CFB93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d082',
    500: '#d8bd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd4a;
$custom-light: #e8d082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD4A

secondary

#364790

accent

#60E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD4A

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

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