#D8BF51#D8BF51

#D8BF51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BF51
RGB	rgb(216, 191, 81)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 62.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -3.87, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 57.32, 93.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0149 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4370, 52.4569, 15.3568)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BF51 #516AD8

analogous

#D87B51 #D8BF51 #ADD851

triadic

#D8BF51 #51D8BF #BF51D8

tetradic

#D8BF51 #51D87B #516AD8 #D851AD

square

#D8BF51 #51D87B #516AD8 #D851AD

split-complementary

#D8BF51 #51ADD8 #7B51D8

monochromatic

#8F7A20 #C1A52B #D8BF51 #E3D183 #EEE4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D8BF51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#D8BF51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BF51

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BF51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BF51	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bf51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 191, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d286',
    500: '#d8bf51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bf51;
$custom-light: #e7d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bf51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80521,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BF51

secondary

#394A94

accent

#60E641

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BF51

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

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