#D5B549#D5B549

#D5B549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.130 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B549
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -0.42, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 57.45, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0057 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.13 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.1693, 47.6774, 13.1255)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B549 #4969D5

analogous

#D56F49 #D5B549 #AFD549

triadic

#D5B549 #49D5B5 #B549D5

tetradic

#D5B549 #49D56F #4969D5 #D549AF

square

#D5B549 #49D56F #4969D5 #D549AF

split-complementary

#D5B549 #49AFD5 #6F49D5

monochromatic

#856E1F #B7972A #D5B549 #E0C97B #ECDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D5B549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#D5B549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B549

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B549	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.130 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca81',
    500: '#d5b549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b549;
$custom-light: #e5ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78116,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B549

secondary

#A0ADDA

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B549

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

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