#D5B438#D5B438

#D5B438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.141 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B438
RGB	rgb(213, 180, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.24, -0.77, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.24, 63.92, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0087 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.141 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4781, 47.0767, 10.4846)
Luminance	0.4707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B438 #3859D5

analogous

#D56638 #D5B438 #A7D538

triadic

#D5B438 #38D5B4 #B438D5

tetradic

#D5B438 #38D566 #3859D5 #D538A7

square

#D5B438 #38D566 #3859D5 #D538A7

split-complementary

#D5B438 #38A7D5 #6638D5

monochromatic

#79651A #AC8F24 #D5B438 #E0C76B #EADA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D5B438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#D5B438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B438

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B438	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 180, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.141 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca77',
    500: '#d5b438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b438;
$custom-light: #e6ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.389,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77774,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B438

secondary

#92A1D6

accent

#63E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B438

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

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