#D5B738#D5B738

#D5B738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.143 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B738
RGB	rgb(213, 183, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -2.35, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 64.70, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0131 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.143 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0902, 48.3011, 10.6887)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B738 #3856D5

analogous

#D56838 #D5B738 #A4D538

triadic

#D5B738 #38D5B7 #B738D5

tetradic

#D5B738 #38D568 #3856D5 #D538A4

square

#D5B738 #38D568 #3856D5 #D538A4

split-complementary

#D5B738 #38A4D5 #6838D5

monochromatic

#79671A #AC9224 #D5B738 #E0C96B #EADC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D5B738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#D5B738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B738

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B738	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 183, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.143 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cc77',
    500: '#d5b738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b738;
$custom-light: #e6cc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.535,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78387,
    "c": 0.14313,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B738

secondary

#929FD6

accent

#60E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B738

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

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