#D8BE4B#D8BE4B

#D8BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.136 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE4B
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 65.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -3.72, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 59.57, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0151 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.136 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0046, 51.9362, 14.1514)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE4B #4B65D8

analogous

#D8774B #D8BE4B #ACD84B

triadic

#D8BE4B #4BD8BE #BE4BD8

tetradic

#D8BE4B #4BD877 #4B65D8 #D84BAC

square

#D8BE4B #4BD877 #4B65D8 #D84BAC

split-complementary

#D8BE4B #4BACD8 #774BD8

monochromatic

#8B771E #BDA229 #D8BE4B #E3D07D #EEE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D8BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE4B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE4B	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.136 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d183',
    500: '#d8be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be4b;
$custom-light: #e7d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80259,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE4B

secondary

#374790

accent

#5FE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE4B

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

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