#D8BE5B#D8BE5B

#D8BE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE5B
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 57.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -2.66, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 52.54, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0102 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.122 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6227, 52.1835, 17.4068)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE5B #5B75D8

analogous

#D87F5B #D8BE5B #B3D85B

triadic

#D8BE5B #5BD8BE #BE5BD8

tetradic

#D8BE5B #5BD87F #5B75D8 #D85BB3

square

#D8BE5B #5BD87F #5B75D8 #D85BB3

split-complementary

#D8BE5B #5BB3D8 #7F5BD8

monochromatic

#957D23 #C7A72F #D8BE5B #E4D28C #F0E5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#D8BE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE5B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE5B	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18c',
    500: '#d8be5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be5b;
$custom-light: #e7d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.52,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80423,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE5B

secondary

#3D519A

accent

#40C91C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE5B

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

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