#D8BE49#D8BE49

#D8BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE49
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -3.84, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 60.40, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0157 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.9372, 51.9093, 13.7965)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE49 #4963D8

analogous

#D87749 #D8BE49 #ABD849

triadic

#D8BE49 #49D8BE #BE49D8

tetradic

#D8BE49 #49D877 #4963D8 #D849AB

square

#D8BE49 #49D877 #4963D8 #D849AB

split-complementary

#D8BE49 #49ABD8 #7749D8

monochromatic

#89761D #BCA128 #D8BE49 #E3D07B #EEE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D8BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#D8BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE49

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE49	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)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d181',
    500: '#d8be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be49;
$custom-light: #e8d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80241,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE49

secondary

#36468F

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE49

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

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