#D5BC59#D5BC59

#D5BC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.122 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BC59
RGB	rgb(213, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -3.02, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 52.49, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0113 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.122 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2289, 50.8360, 16.7739)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BC59 #5972D5

analogous

#D57E59 #D5BC59 #B0D559

triadic

#D5BC59 #59D5BC #BC59D5

tetradic

#D5BC59 #59D57E #5972D5 #D559B0

square

#D5BC59 #59D57E #5972D5 #D559B0

split-complementary

#D5BC59 #59B0D5 #7E59D5

monochromatic

#8F7A24 #C0A331 #D5BC59 #E1D08A #EEE3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D5BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#D5BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BC59

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BC59	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4AFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.122 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cf8b',
    500: '#d5bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bc59;
$custom-light: #e5cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.903,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79711,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BC59

secondary

#3D4F95

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BC59

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

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