#D5BD42#D5BD42

#D5BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BD42
RGB	rgb(213, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -4.98, 62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 62.65, 94.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0196 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(46.6237, 50.9370, 12.5292)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BD42 #425AD5

analogous

#D57442 #D5BD42 #A4D542

triadic

#D5BD42 #42D5BD #BD42D5

tetradic

#D5BD42 #42D574 #425AD5 #D542A4

square

#D5BD42 #42D574 #425AD5 #D542A4

split-complementary

#D5BD42 #42A4D5 #7442D5

monochromatic

#80701C #B29C28 #D5BD42 #E0CE74 #EBE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#D5BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#D5BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BD42

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BD42	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d07d',
    500: '#d5bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bd42;
$custom-light: #e6d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.14102,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.50935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BD42

secondary

#344287

accent

#5CE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BD42

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

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