#D5BC42#D5BC42

#D5BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BC42
RGB	rgb(213, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -4.47, 62.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 62.34, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0181 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4094, 50.5082, 12.4577)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BC42 #425BD5

analogous

#D57342 #D5BC42 #A4D542

triadic

#D5BC42 #42D5BC #BC42D5

tetradic

#D5BC42 #42D573 #425BD5 #D542A4

square

#D5BC42 #42D573 #425BD5 #D542A4

split-complementary

#D5BC42 #42A4D5 #7342D5

monochromatic

#806F1C #B29B28 #D5BC42 #E0CE74 #EBE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D5BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#D5BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BC42

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BC42	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)

#CEB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf7d',
    500: '#d5bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bc42;
$custom-light: #e6cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79489,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BC42

secondary

#344287

accent

#5DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BC42

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

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