#D5B540#D5B540

#D5B540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.137 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B540
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -0.92, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 61.14, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0082 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.137 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8922, 47.5666, 11.6662)
Luminance	0.4756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B540 #4060D5

analogous

#D56B40 #D5B540 #ABD540

triadic

#D5B540 #40D5B5 #B540D5

tetradic

#D5B540 #40D56B #4060D5 #D540AB

square

#D5B540 #40D56B #4060D5 #D540AB

split-complementary

#D5B540 #40ABD5 #6B40D5

monochromatic

#7F6A1C #B19327 #D5B540 #E0C872 #EBDCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D5B540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#D5B540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B540

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B540	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.137 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca7b',
    500: '#d5b540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b540;
$custom-light: #e6ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78038,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B540

secondary

#99A6D8

accent

#65E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B540

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

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