#D5B856#D5B856

#D5B856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.122 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B856
RGB	rgb(213, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -1.15, 52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 52.60, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0062 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.122 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2628, 49.1013, 15.8430)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B856 #5673D5

analogous

#D57856 #D5B856 #B2D556

triadic

#D5B856 #56D5B8 #B856D5

tetradic

#D5B856 #56D578 #5673D5 #D556B2

square

#D5B856 #56D578 #5673D5 #D556B2

split-complementary

#D5B856 #56B2D5 #7856D5

monochromatic

#8D7523 #BE9E2F #D5B856 #E1CD87 #EDE1B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D5B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#D5B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B856

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B856	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)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.122 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd89',
    500: '#d5b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b856;
$custom-light: #e5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7886,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B856

secondary

#AAB6DD

accent

#69E344

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B856

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

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