#D5B242#D5B242

#D5B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.134 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B242
RGB	rgb(213, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, 0.76, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 59.55, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0031 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.134 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3467, 46.3829, 11.7702)
Luminance	0.4638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B242 #4265D5

analogous

#D56842 #D5B242 #AFD542

triadic

#D5B242 #42D5B2 #B242D5

tetradic

#D5B242 #42D568 #4265D5 #D542AF

square

#D5B242 #42D568 #4265D5 #D542AF

split-complementary

#D5B242 #42AFD5 #6842D5

monochromatic

#80681C #B29128 #D5B242 #E0C674 #EBDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D5B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#D5B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B242

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B242	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.134 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c87c',
    500: '#d5b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b242;
$custom-light: #e6c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77444,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B242

secondary

#9AA9D8

accent

#69E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B242

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

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