#D8BE48#D8BE48

#D8BE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE48
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -3.90, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 60.82, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.016 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.9043, 51.8961, 13.6233)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE48 #4862D8

analogous

#D87648 #D8BE48 #AAD848

triadic

#D8BE48 #48D8BE #BE48D8

tetradic

#D8BE48 #48D876 #4862D8 #D848AA

square

#D8BE48 #48D876 #4862D8 #D848AA

split-complementary

#D8BE48 #48AAD8 #7648D8

monochromatic

#89751D #BBA028 #D8BE48 #E3D07A #EEE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#D8BE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE48

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE48	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d181',
    500: '#d8be48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be48;
$custom-light: #e8d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 64.865,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80232,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE48

secondary

#36468F

accent

#5EE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE48

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

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