#D5B538#D5B538

#D5B538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.142 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B538
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -1.30, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 64.18, 91.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0102 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.142 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6807, 47.4819, 10.5521)
Luminance	0.4748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B538 #3858D5

analogous

#D56738 #D5B538 #A6D538

triadic

#D5B538 #38D5B5 #B538D5

tetradic

#D5B538 #38D567 #3858D5 #D538A6

square

#D5B538 #38D567 #3858D5 #D538A6

split-complementary

#D5B538 #38A6D5 #6738D5

monochromatic

#79661A #AC9024 #D5B538 #E0C86B #EADB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D5B538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#D5B538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B538

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B538	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.142 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca77',
    500: '#d5b538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b538;
$custom-light: #e6ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.771,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77978,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B538

secondary

#92A0D6

accent

#62E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B538

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

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