#D5B656#D5B656

#D5B656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.120 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B656
RGB	rgb(213, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -0.10, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 52.01, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0032 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.12 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8503, 48.2763, 15.7055)
Luminance	0.4827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B656 #5675D5

analogous

#D57656 #D5B656 #B5D556

triadic

#D5B656 #56D5B6 #B656D5

tetradic

#D5B656 #56D576 #5675D5 #D556B5

square

#D5B656 #56D576 #5675D5 #D556B5

split-complementary

#D5B656 #56B5D5 #7656D5

monochromatic

#8D7323 #BE9C2F #D5B656 #E1CB87 #EDE0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D5B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D5B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B656

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B656	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.120 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cb89',
    500: '#d5b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b656;
$custom-light: #e5cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B656

secondary

#AAB7DD

accent

#6BE344

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B656

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

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