#D8BD57#D8BD57

#D8BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.125 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD57
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -2.43, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 54.04, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.01 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.125 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2389, 51.6846, 16.4502)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD57 #5772D8

analogous

#D87D57 #D8BD57 #B3D857

triadic

#D8BD57 #57D8BD #BD57D8

tetradic

#D8BD57 #57D87D #5772D8 #D857B3

square

#D8BD57 #57D87D #5772D8 #D857B3

split-complementary

#D8BD57 #57B3D8 #7D57D8

monochromatic

#937B22 #C4A52E #D8BD57 #E4D189 #EFE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D8BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD57

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD57	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.125 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d08a',
    500: '#d8bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd57;
$custom-light: #e7d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80174,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD57

secondary

#3C4F98

accent

#65E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD57

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

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