#D8BD59#D8BD59

#D8BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.123 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BD59
RGB	rgb(216, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.5%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -2.28, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 53.13, 92.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0093 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.123 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3217, 51.7177, 16.8865)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BD59 #5974D8

analogous

#D87E59 #D8BD59 #B4D859

triadic

#D8BD59 #59D8BD #BD59D8

tetradic

#D8BD59 #59D87E #5974D8 #D859B4

square

#D8BD59 #59D87E #5974D8 #D859B4

split-complementary

#D8BD59 #59B4D8 #7E59D8

monochromatic

#947C23 #C5A52E #D8BD59 #E4D18B #EFE4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D8BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BD59

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BD59	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)

#CEBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.123 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d08b',
    500: '#d8bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bd59;
$custom-light: #e7d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BD59

secondary

#3C5099

accent

#65E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BD59

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

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