#D5B138#D5B138

#D5B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B138
RGB	rgb(213, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, 0.80, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 63.17, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0042 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.139 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8790, 45.8786, 10.2849)
Luminance	0.4588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B138 #385CD5

analogous

#D56238 #D5B138 #AAD538

triadic

#D5B138 #38D5B1 #B138D5

tetradic

#D5B138 #38D562 #385CD5 #D538AA

square

#D5B138 #38D562 #385CD5 #D538AA

split-complementary

#D5B138 #38AAD5 #6238D5

monochromatic

#79631A #AC8D24 #D5B138 #E0C56B #EAD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#D5B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#D5B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B138

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B138	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c777',
    500: '#d5b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b138;
$custom-light: #e6c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.242,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77164,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B138

secondary

#92A2D6

accent

#66E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B138

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

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