#D8BE4D#D8BE4D

#D8BE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE4D
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 64.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -3.60, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 58.73, 93.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.0146 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0741, 51.9640, 14.5176)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE4D #4D67D8

analogous

#D8794D #D8BE4D #ACD84D

triadic

#D8BE4D #4DD8BE #BE4DD8

tetradic

#D8BE4D #4DD879 #4D67D8 #D84DAC

square

#D8BE4D #4DD879 #4D67D8 #D84DAC

split-complementary

#D8BE4D #4DACD8 #794DD8

monochromatic

#8C771F #BEA22A #D8BE4D #E3D07F #EEE3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#D8BE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE4D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE4D	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)

#D0BA40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d184',
    500: '#d8be4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be4d;
$custom-light: #e7d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80277,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE4D

secondary

#374892

accent

#60E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE4D

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

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