#D5B550#D5B550

#D5B550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B550
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 0.02, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 54.41, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0036 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.125 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4146, 47.7755, 14.4174)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B550 #5070D5

analogous

#D57350 #D5B550 #B2D550

triadic

#D5B550 #50D5B5 #B550D5

tetradic

#D5B550 #50D573 #5070D5 #D550B2

square

#D5B550 #50D573 #5070D5 #D550B2

split-complementary

#D5B550 #50B2D5 #7350D5

monochromatic

#8A7021 #BB992D #D5B550 #E1CA81 #EDDFB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D5B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#D5B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B550

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B550	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca85',
    500: '#d5b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b550;
$custom-light: #e5ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78185,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B550

secondary

#A6B2DB

accent

#6AE443

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B550

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

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