#D5B740#D5B740

#D5B740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B740
RGB	rgb(213, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -1.97, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 61.68, 91.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0112 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.3018, 48.3857, 11.8027)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B740 #405ED5

analogous

#D56C40 #D5B740 #A9D540

triadic

#D5B740 #40D5B7 #B740D5

tetradic

#D5B740 #40D56C #405ED5 #D540A9

square

#D5B740 #40D56C #405ED5 #D540A9

split-complementary

#D5B740 #40A9D5 #6C40D5

monochromatic

#7F6B1C #B19527 #D5B740 #E0CA72 #EBDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D5B740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#D5B740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B740

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B740	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.138 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cc7c',
    500: '#d5b740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b740;
$custom-light: #e6cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78446,
    "c": 0.13807,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B740

secondary

#99A6D8

accent

#62E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B740

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

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