#D5B249#D5B249

#D5B249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.128 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B249
RGB	rgb(213, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, 1.16, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 56.63, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.0012 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.128 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5658, 46.4705, 12.9244)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B249 #496CD5

analogous

#D56C49 #D5B249 #B2D549

triadic

#D5B249 #49D5B2 #B249D5

tetradic

#D5B249 #49D56C #496CD5 #D549B2

square

#D5B249 #49D56C #496CD5 #D549B2

split-complementary

#D5B249 #49B2D5 #6C49D5

monochromatic

#856B1F #B7942A #D5B249 #E0C77B #ECDCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#D5B249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#D5B249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B249

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B249	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.128 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c880',
    500: '#d5b249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b249;
$custom-light: #e5c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77507,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B249

secondary

#A0AEDA

accent

#6BE642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B249

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

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