#D8BE56#D8BE56

#D8BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.127 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE56
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -3.02, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 54.80, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0118 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.127 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4141, 52.1000, 16.3085)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE56 #5670D8

analogous

#D87D56 #D8BE56 #B1D856

triadic

#D8BE56 #56D8BE #BE56D8

tetradic

#D8BE56 #56D87D #5670D8 #D856B1

square

#D8BE56 #56D87D #5670D8 #D856B1

split-complementary

#D8BE56 #56B1D8 #7D56D8

monochromatic

#927B22 #C4A62D #D8BE56 #E3D188 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D8BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE56

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE56	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)

#D0BA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.127 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d189',
    500: '#d8be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be56;
$custom-light: #e7d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80368,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE56

secondary

#3B4E97

accent

#63E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE56

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

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