#D5BC40#D5BC40

#D5BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BC40
RGB	rgb(213, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -4.57, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 63.12, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0186 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.142 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3514, 50.4851, 12.1526)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BC40 #4059D5

analogous

#D57240 #D5BC40 #A4D540

triadic

#D5BC40 #40D5BC #BC40D5

tetradic

#D5BC40 #40D572 #4059D5 #D540A4

square

#D5BC40 #40D572 #4059D5 #D540A4

split-complementary

#D5BC40 #40A4D5 #7240D5

monochromatic

#7F6E1C #B19A27 #D5BC40 #E0CE72 #EBDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D5BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#D5BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BC40

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BC40	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf7c',
    500: '#d5bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bc40;
$custom-light: #e6cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.933,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79474,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BC40

secondary

#334186

accent

#5DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BC40

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

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