#D5B541#D5B541

#D5B541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B541
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 69.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -0.87, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 60.74, 90.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0079 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.136 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9209, 47.5780, 11.8174)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B541 #4161D5

analogous

#D56B41 #D5B541 #ABD541

triadic

#D5B541 #41D5B5 #B541D5

tetradic

#D5B541 #41D56B #4161D5 #D541AB

square

#D5B541 #41D56B #4161D5 #D541AB

split-complementary

#D5B541 #41ABD5 #6B41D5

monochromatic

#7F6A1C #B29427 #D5B541 #E0C973 #EBDCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#D5B541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#D5B541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B541

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B541	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca7c',
    500: '#d5b541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b541;
$custom-light: #e6ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78046,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B541

secondary

#9AA7D8

accent

#65E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B541

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

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