#D8BE45#D8BE45

#D8BE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE45
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 68.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -4.06, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 62.03, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0168 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.8088, 51.8579, 13.1204)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE45 #455FD8

analogous

#D87445 #D8BE45 #A8D845

triadic

#D8BE45 #45D8BE #BE45D8

tetradic

#D8BE45 #45D874 #455FD8 #D845A8

square

#D8BE45 #45D874 #455FD8 #D845A8

split-complementary

#D8BE45 #45A8D8 #7445D8

monochromatic

#86741C #B99F27 #D8BE45 #E3D078 #EDE1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#D8BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE45

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE45	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d17f',
    500: '#d8be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be45;
$custom-light: #e8d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80207,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE45

secondary

#34448D

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE45

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

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