#D8BF59#D8BF59

#D8BF59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.125 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8BF59
RGB	rgb(216, 191, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -3.32, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 53.77, 93.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0123 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.125 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.7549, 52.5841, 17.0309)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8BF59 #5972D8

analogous

#D88059 #D8BF59 #B2D859

triadic

#D8BF59 #59D8BF #BF59D8

tetradic

#D8BF59 #59D880 #5972D8 #D859B2

square

#D8BF59 #59D880 #5972D8 #D859B2

split-complementary

#D8BF59 #59B2D8 #8059D8

monochromatic

#947E23 #C5A82E #D8BF59 #E4D28B #EFE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D8BF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#D8BF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8BF59

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8BF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8BF59	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8bf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 191, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.125 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e7d28b',
    500: '#d8bf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8bf59;
$custom-light: #e7d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8bf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80605,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8BF59

secondary

#3C4F99

accent

#63E543

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8BF59

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

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