#D8BE55#D8BE55

#D8BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE55
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -3.08, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 55.25, 93.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.0121 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.128 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3741, 52.0840, 16.0978)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE55 #556FD8

analogous

#D87D55 #D8BE55 #B0D855

triadic

#D8BE55 #55D8BE #BE55D8

tetradic

#D8BE55 #55D87D #556FD8 #D855B0

square

#D8BE55 #55D87D #556FD8 #D855B0

split-complementary

#D8BE55 #55B0D8 #7D55D8

monochromatic

#917B21 #C3A52D #D8BE55 #E3D187 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D8BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE55

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE55	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d189',
    500: '#d8be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be55;
$custom-light: #e7d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.092,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80357,
    "c": 0.12758,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE55

secondary

#3B4D96

accent

#63E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE55

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

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