#D8BE4A#D8BE4A

#D8BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE4A
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -3.78, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 59.99, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0154 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.9706, 51.9226, 13.9725)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE4A #4A64D8

analogous

#D8774A #D8BE4A #ABD84A

triadic

#D8BE4A #4AD8BE #BE4AD8

tetradic

#D8BE4A #4AD877 #4A64D8 #D84AAB

square

#D8BE4A #4AD877 #4A64D8 #D84AAB

split-complementary

#D8BE4A #4AABD8 #774AD8

monochromatic

#8A761E #BCA129 #D8BE4A #E3D07C #EEE2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#D8BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE4A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE4A	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	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)

#D0BA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d182',
    500: '#d8be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be4a;
$custom-light: #e7d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.014,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8025,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE4A

secondary

#364790

accent

#5FE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE4A

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

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