#D8BD55#D8BD55

#D8BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD55
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -2.56, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 54.93, 92.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0106 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1583, 51.6523, 16.0258)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD55 #5570D8

analogous

#D87C55 #D8BD55 #B1D855

triadic

#D8BD55 #55D8BD #BD55D8

tetradic

#D8BD55 #55D87C #5570D8 #D855B1

square

#D8BD55 #55D87C #5570D8 #D855B1

split-complementary

#D8BD55 #55B1D8 #7C55D8

monochromatic

#917A21 #C3A42D #D8BD55 #E3D087 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D8BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD55

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD55	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d089',
    500: '#d8bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd55;
$custom-light: #e7d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80153,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD55

secondary

#3B4E96

accent

#64E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD55

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

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