#D5B840#D5B840

#D5B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.139 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B840
RGB	rgb(213, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -2.49, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 61.96, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0127 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.139 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5088, 48.7997, 11.8717)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B840 #405DD5

analogous

#D56E40 #D5B840 #A8D540

triadic

#D5B840 #40D5B8 #B840D5

tetradic

#D5B840 #40D56E #405DD5 #D540A8

square

#D5B840 #40D56E #405DD5 #D540A8

split-complementary

#D5B840 #40A8D5 #6E40D5

monochromatic

#7F6B1C #B19627 #D5B840 #E0CB72 #EBDDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#D5B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#D5B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B840

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B840	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.139 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cc7c',
    500: '#d5b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b840;
$custom-light: #e6cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.322,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B840

secondary

#99A5D8

accent

#61E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B840

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

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