#D5B956#D5B956

#D5B956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.123 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5B956
RGB	rgb(213, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.1%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -1.67, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 52.91, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0077 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.123 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4713, 49.5182, 15.9125)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5B956 #5672D5

analogous

#D57956 #D5B956 #B1D556

triadic

#D5B956 #56D5B9 #B956D5

tetradic

#D5B956 #56D579 #5672D5 #D556B1

square

#D5B956 #56D579 #5672D5 #D556B1

split-complementary

#D5B956 #56B1D5 #7956D5

monochromatic

#8D7623 #BE9F2F #D5B956 #E1CD87 #EDE2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#D5B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#D5B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5B956

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5B956	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.123 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd89',
    500: '#d5b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5b956;
$custom-light: #e5cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79064,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5B956

secondary

#AAB5DD

accent

#67E344

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5B956

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

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