#D3B522#D3B522

#D3B522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.152 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B522
RGB	rgb(211, 181, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 83.9%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -2.94, 70.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 70.82, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0167 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.152 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6790, 47.0146, 8.2871)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B522 #2240D3

analogous

#D35D22 #D3B522 #98D322

triadic

#D3B522 #22D3B5 #B522D3

tetradic

#D3B522 #22D35D #2240D3 #D32298

square

#D3B522 #22D35D #2240D3 #D32298

split-complementary

#D3B522 #2298D3 #5D22D3

monochromatic

#6A5B11 #9E881A #D3B522 #E3CA4F #EBDA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D3B522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#D3B522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B522

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B522	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 181, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.152 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca6d',
    500: '#d3b522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b522;
$custom-light: #e5ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 72.245,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77664,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B522

secondary

#7D8BD4

accent

#58EF39

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171308

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B522

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

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