#D8BF3B#D8BF3B

#D8BF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BF3B
RGB	rgb(216, 191, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 72.7%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -5.08, 65.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 66.14, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0208 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.7415, 52.1787, 11.6936)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BF3B #3B54D8

analogous

#D8713B #D8BF3B #A3D83B

triadic

#D8BF3B #3BD8BF #BF3BD8

tetradic

#D8BF3B #3BD871 #3B54D8 #D83BA3

square

#D8BF3B #3BD871 #3B54D8 #D83BA3

split-complementary

#D8BF3B #3BA3D8 #713BD8

monochromatic

#7F6F19 #B29C23 #D8BF3B #E2D06E #ECE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D8BF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#D8BF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BF3B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BF3B	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)

#D2BA25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9B1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 191, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d17a',
    500: '#d8bf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bf3b;
$custom-light: #e8d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 66.809,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80337,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BF3B

secondary

#313E86

accent

#59EA3E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BF3B

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

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