#D5B040#D5B040

#D5B040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.134 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B040
RGB	rgb(213, 176, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, 1.71, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 59.85, 88.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0006 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.134 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8937, 45.5696, 11.3334)
Luminance	0.4557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B040 #4065D5

analogous

#D56640 #D5B040 #AFD540

triadic

#D5B040 #40D5B0 #B040D5

tetradic

#D5B040 #40D566 #4065D5 #D540AF

square

#D5B040 #40D566 #4065D5 #D540AF

split-complementary

#D5B040 #40AFD5 #6640D5

monochromatic

#7F661C #B18F27 #D5B040 #E0C572 #EBDAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D5B040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#D5B040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B040

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B040	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 176, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.134 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c77b',
    500: '#d5b040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b040;
$custom-light: #e6c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.101,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77023,
    "c": 0.13375,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B040

secondary

#99A8D8

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B040

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

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