#D8BE3B#D8BE3B

#D8BE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE3B
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 72.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -4.56, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 65.85, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0193 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.146 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.5241, 51.7440, 11.6212)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE3B #3B55D8

analogous

#D8703B #D8BE3B #A4D83B

triadic

#D8BE3B #3BD8BE #BE3BD8

tetradic

#D8BE3B #3BD870 #3B55D8 #D83BA4

square

#D8BE3B #3BD870 #3B55D8 #D83BA4

split-complementary

#D8BE3B #3BA4D8 #703BD8

monochromatic

#7F6E19 #B29B23 #D8BE3B #E2CF6E #ECE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D8BE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE3B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE3B	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.146 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d17a',
    500: '#d8be3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be3b;
$custom-light: #e8d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80131,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE3B

secondary

#313F86

accent

#5BEA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE3B

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

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