#D8BE59#D8BE59

#D8BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.124 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE59
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -2.80, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 53.45, 93.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0108 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.124 95)
XYZ	xyz(48.5375, 52.1494, 16.9585)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE59 #5973D8

analogous

#D87F59 #D8BE59 #B2D859

triadic

#D8BE59 #59D8BE #BE59D8

tetradic

#D8BE59 #59D87F #5973D8 #D859B2

square

#D8BE59 #59D87F #5973D8 #D859B2

split-complementary

#D8BE59 #59B2D8 #7F59D8

monochromatic

#947D23 #C5A62E #D8BE59 #E4D18B #EFE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D8BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE59

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE59	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.124 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18b',
    500: '#d8be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be59;
$custom-light: #e7d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.717,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80401,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.52147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE59

secondary

#3C4F99

accent

#64E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE59

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

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