#D5B940#D5B940

#D5B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B940
RGB	rgb(213, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -3.01, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 62.25, 92.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0142 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7172, 49.2166, 11.9412)
Luminance	0.4921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B940 #405CD5

analogous

#D56F40 #D5B940 #A6D540

triadic

#D5B940 #40D5B9 #B940D5

tetradic

#D5B940 #40D56F #405CD5 #D540A6

square

#D5B940 #40D56F #405CD5 #D540A6

split-complementary

#D5B940 #40A6D5 #6F40D5

monochromatic

#7F6C1C #B19727 #D5B940 #E0CB72 #EBDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D5B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#D5B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B940

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B940	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cd7c',
    500: '#d5b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b940;
$custom-light: #e6cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.725,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78856,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B940

secondary

#99A5D8

accent

#60E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B940

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

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