#D8BF55#D8BF55

#D8BF55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BF55
RGB	rgb(216, 191, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -3.60, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 55.57, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.56% -0.0136 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(80.56% 0.128 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5915, 52.5187, 16.1702)
Luminance	0.5252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BF55 #556ED8

analogous

#D87E55 #D8BF55 #AFD855

triadic

#D8BF55 #55D8BF #BF55D8

tetradic

#D8BF55 #55D87E #556ED8 #D855AF

square

#D8BF55 #55D87E #556ED8 #D855AF

split-complementary

#D8BF55 #55AFD8 #7E55D8

monochromatic

#917C21 #C3A62D #D8BF55 #E3D287 #EFE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D8BF55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#D8BF55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BF55

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BF55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BF55	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bf55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 191, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.128 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d289',
    500: '#d8bf55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bf55;
$custom-light: #e7d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bf55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80562,
    "c": 0.12835,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BF55

secondary

#3B4C96

accent

#61E642

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BF55

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

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