#D3B531#D3B531

#D3B531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.146 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3B531
RGB	rgb(211, 181, 49)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 76.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -2.45, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 66.40, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0141 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.146 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9446, 47.1208, 9.6857)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3B531 #314FD3

analogous

#D36431 #D3B531 #A0D331

triadic

#D3B531 #31D3B5 #B531D3

tetradic

#D3B531 #31D364 #314FD3 #D331A0

square

#D3B531 #31D364 #314FD3 #D331A0

split-complementary

#D3B531 #31A0D3 #6431D3

monochromatic

#716118 #A48C23 #D3B531 #DEC763 #E9D996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D3B531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#D3B531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3B531

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3B531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3B531	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3b531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 181, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.146 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca73',
    500: '#d3b531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3b531;
$custom-light: #e5ca73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3b531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 64.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77739,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3B531

secondary

#8C99D4

accent

#5FE840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3B531

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

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