#D8BE51#D8BE51

#D8BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.131 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE51
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -3.35, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 57.01, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.32% -0.0134 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.32% 0.131 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.2197, 52.0223, 15.2844)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE51 #516BD8

analogous

#D87A51 #D8BE51 #AFD851

triadic

#D8BE51 #51D8BE #BE51D8

tetradic

#D8BE51 #51D87A #516BD8 #D851AF

square

#D8BE51 #51D87A #516BD8 #D851AF

split-complementary

#D8BE51 #51AFD8 #7A51D8

monochromatic

#8F7920 #C1A42B #D8BE51 #E3D183 #EEE3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#D8BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE51

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE51	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.131 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d186',
    500: '#d8be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be51;
$custom-light: #e7d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80316,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE51

secondary

#394B94

accent

#61E641

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE51

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

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