#D5BC3B#D5BC3B

#D5BC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.145 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BC3B
RGB	rgb(213, 188, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -4.81, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 65.01, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.0198 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.145 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2155, 50.4307, 11.4366)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BC3B #3B54D5

analogous

#D56F3B #D5BC3B #A1D53B

triadic

#D5BC3B #3BD5BC #BC3BD5

tetradic

#D5BC3B #3BD56F #3B54D5 #D53BA1

square

#D5BC3B #3BD56F #3B54D5 #D53BA1

split-complementary

#D5BC3B #3BA1D5 #6F3BD5

monochromatic

#7B6B1A #AE9725 #D5BC3B #E0CD6D #EBDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D5BC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#D5BC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BC3B

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BC3B	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 188, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.145 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf79',
    500: '#d5bc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bc3b;
$custom-light: #e6cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79437,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BC3B

secondary

#313F83

accent

#5BE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BC3B

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

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