#D5B551#D5B551

#D5B551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.124 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B551
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 0.08, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 53.97, 89.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0033 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.124 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.4518, 47.7904, 14.6134)
Luminance	0.4779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B551 #5171D5

analogous

#D57351 #D5B551 #B3D551

triadic

#D5B551 #51D5B5 #B551D5

tetradic

#D5B551 #51D573 #5171D5 #D551B3

square

#D5B551 #51D573 #5171D5 #D551B3

split-complementary

#D5B551 #51B3D5 #7351D5

monochromatic

#8A7121 #BC992D #D5B551 #E1CA82 #EDDFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D5B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#D5B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B551

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B551	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.124 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca86',
    500: '#d5b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b551;
$custom-light: #e5ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B551

secondary

#A6B3DB

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B551

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

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