#D5AE37#D5AE37

#D5AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5AE37
RGB	rgb(213, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, 2.34, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 62.84, 87.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0001 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.138 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2687, 44.6968, 9.9620)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5AE37 #375ED5

analogous

#D55F37 #D5AE37 #ADD537

triadic

#D5AE37 #37D5AE #AE37D5

tetradic

#D5AE37 #37D55F #375ED5 #D537AD

square

#D5AE37 #37D55F #375ED5 #D537AD

split-complementary

#D5AE37 #37ADD5 #5F37D5

monochromatic

#786119 #AB8A24 #D5AE37 #E0C26A #EAD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#D5AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#D5AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5AE37

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5AE37	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E79F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c576',
    500: '#d5ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ae37;
$custom-light: #e6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76551,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5AE37

secondary

#92A3D6

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5AE37

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

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