#D8BE4C#D8BE4C

#D8BE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.135 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE4C
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -3.66, 59.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 59.15, 93.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0149 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.135 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0391, 51.9500, 14.3331)
Luminance	0.5195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE4C #4C66D8

analogous

#D8784C #D8BE4C #ACD84C

triadic

#D8BE4C #4CD8BE #BE4CD8

tetradic

#D8BE4C #4CD878 #4C66D8 #D84CAC

square

#D8BE4C #4CD878 #4C66D8 #D84CAC

split-complementary

#D8BE4C #4CACD8 #784CD8

monochromatic

#8B771E #BEA229 #D8BE4C #E3D07E #EEE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D8BE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE4C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE4C	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)

#D0BA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.135 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d183',
    500: '#d8be4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be4c;
$custom-light: #e7d183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80268,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE4C

secondary

#374891

accent

#60E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE4C

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

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