#D8BF49#D8BF49

#D8BF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BF49
RGB	rgb(216, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -4.36, 60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 60.71, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0172 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.1545, 52.3439, 13.8690)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BF49 #4962D8

analogous

#D87749 #D8BF49 #AAD849

triadic

#D8BF49 #49D8BF #BF49D8

tetradic

#D8BF49 #49D877 #4962D8 #D849AA

square

#D8BF49 #49D877 #4962D8 #D849AA

split-complementary

#D8BF49 #49AAD8 #7749D8

monochromatic

#89761D #BCA228 #D8BF49 #E3D17B #EEE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D8BF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#D8BF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BF49

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BF49	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d281',
    500: '#d8bf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bf49;
$custom-light: #e8d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BF49

secondary

#36468F

accent

#5DE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BF49

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

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