#D8BD4E#D8BD4E

#D8BD4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.133 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD4E
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 63.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -3.02, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 57.99, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0128 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.133 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8938, 51.5466, 14.6330)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD4E #4E69D8

analogous

#D8784E #D8BD4E #AED84E

triadic

#D8BD4E #4ED8BD #BD4ED8

tetradic

#D8BD4E #4ED878 #4E69D8 #D84EAE

square

#D8BD4E #4ED878 #4E69D8 #D84EAE

split-complementary

#D8BD4E #4EAED8 #784ED8

monochromatic

#8D771F #BFA22A #D8BD4E #E3D080 #EEE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D8BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D8BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD4E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD4E	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.133 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d084',
    500: '#d8bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd4e;
$custom-light: #e7d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80082,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD4E

secondary

#384A92

accent

#61E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD4E

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

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