#D5B238#D5B238

#D5B238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B238
RGB	rgb(213, 178, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.72, 0.28, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.72, 63.42, 89.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0057 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.14 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0772, 46.2751, 10.3510)
Luminance	0.4627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B238 #385BD5

analogous

#D56338 #D5B238 #AAD538

triadic

#D5B238 #38D5B2 #B238D5

tetradic

#D5B238 #38D563 #385BD5 #D538AA

square

#D5B238 #38D563 #385BD5 #D538AA

split-complementary

#D5B238 #38AAD5 #6338D5

monochromatic

#79641A #AC8D24 #D5B238 #E0C66B #EAD99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D5B238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#D5B238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B238

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B238	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)

#C6AF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 178, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c877',
    500: '#d5b238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b238;
$custom-light: #e6c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.624,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77367,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B238

secondary

#92A2D6

accent

#65E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B238

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

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