#D5B451#D5B451

#D5B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.123 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B451
RGB	rgb(213, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, 0.61, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 53.69, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0018 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.123 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2492, 47.3852, 14.5459)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B451 #5172D5

analogous

#D57251 #D5B451 #B4D551

triadic

#D5B451 #51D5B4 #B451D5

tetradic

#D5B451 #51D572 #5172D5 #D551B4

square

#D5B451 #51D572 #5172D5 #D551B4

split-complementary

#D5B451 #51B4D5 #7251D5

monochromatic

#8A7021 #BC982D #D5B451 #E1C982 #EDDEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D5B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#D5B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B451

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B451	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.123 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca85',
    500: '#d5b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b451;
$custom-light: #e5ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77992,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B451

secondary

#A6B4DB

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B451

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

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