#D5B237#D5B237

#D5B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.141 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B237
RGB	rgb(213, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 74.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 0.23, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 63.78, 89.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0059 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.141 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0530, 46.2654, 10.2235)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B237 #375AD5

analogous

#D56337 #D5B237 #A9D537

triadic

#D5B237 #37D5B2 #B237D5

tetradic

#D5B237 #37D563 #375AD5 #D537A9

square

#D5B237 #37D563 #375AD5 #D537A9

split-complementary

#D5B237 #37A9D5 #6337D5

monochromatic

#786319 #AB8D24 #D5B237 #E0C56A #EAD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D5B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#D5B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B237

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B237	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.141 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c876',
    500: '#d5b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b237;
$custom-light: #e6c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.709,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7736,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B237

secondary

#92A1D6

accent

#65E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B237

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

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