#D5B555#D5B555

#D5B555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B555
RGB	rgb(213, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 0.36, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 52.17, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.002 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.121 91)
XYZ	xyz(45.6062, 47.8522, 15.4268)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B555 #5575D5

analogous

#D57555 #D5B555 #B5D555

triadic

#D5B555 #55D5B5 #B555D5

tetradic

#D5B555 #55D575 #5575D5 #D555B5

square

#D5B555 #55D575 #5575D5 #D555B5

split-complementary

#D5B555 #55B5D5 #7555D5

monochromatic

#8D7223 #BE9A2F #D5B555 #E1CA86 #EDE0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D5B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#D5B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B555

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B555	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca88',
    500: '#d5b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b555;
$custom-light: #e5ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78238,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.4785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B555

secondary

#A9B6DC

accent

#6CE444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B555

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

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