#D8BE57#D8BE57

#D8BE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.126 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE57
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 59.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -2.95, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 54.35, 93.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0115 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.126 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.4547, 52.1163, 16.5221)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE57 #5771D8

analogous

#D87E57 #D8BE57 #B2D857

triadic

#D8BE57 #57D8BE #BE57D8

tetradic

#D8BE57 #57D87E #5771D8 #D857B2

square

#D8BE57 #57D87E #5771D8 #D857B2

split-complementary

#D8BE57 #57B2D8 #7E57D8

monochromatic

#937C22 #C4A62E #D8BE57 #E4D189 #EFE4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D8BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE57

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.126 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18a',
    500: '#d8be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be57;
$custom-light: #e7d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.907,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80379,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE57

secondary

#3C4E98

accent

#63E542

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE57

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

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