#D8BE5E#D8BE5E

#D8BE5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BE5E
RGB	rgb(216, 190, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, -2.43, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 51.16, 92.73°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0092 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.12 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.7547, 52.2363, 18.1020)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BE5E #5E78D8

analogous

#D8815E #D8BE5E #B5D85E

triadic

#D8BE5E #5ED8BE #BE5ED8

tetradic

#D8BE5E #5ED881 #5E78D8 #D85EB5

square

#D8BE5E #5ED881 #5E78D8 #D85EB5

split-complementary

#D8BE5E #5EB5D8 #815ED8

monochromatic

#977F25 #C8A831 #D8BE5E #E4D28F #F0E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D8BE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#D8BE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BE5E

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BE5E	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8be5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 190, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d18e',
    500: '#d8be5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8be5e;
$custom-light: #e7d18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8be5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.213,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80458,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BE5E

secondary

#3F529C

accent

#41C91D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BE5E

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

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