#D5B855#D5B855

#D5B855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.123 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B855
RGB	rgb(213, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -1.22, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 53.05, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0066 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.123 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2228, 49.0853, 15.6323)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B855 #5572D5

analogous

#D57855 #D5B855 #B2D555

triadic

#D5B855 #55D5B8 #B855D5

tetradic

#D5B855 #55D578 #5572D5 #D555B2

square

#D5B855 #55D578 #5572D5 #D555B2

split-complementary

#D5B855 #55B2D5 #7855D5

monochromatic

#8D7523 #BE9D2F #D5B855 #E1CC86 #EDE1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D5B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#D5B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B855

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B855	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.123 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd88',
    500: '#d5b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b855;
$custom-light: #e5cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78849,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B855

secondary

#A9B5DC

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B855

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

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