#D5BD49#D5BD49

#D5BD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BD49
RGB	rgb(213, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -4.60, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 59.82, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0177 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8429, 51.0246, 13.6834)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BD49 #4961D5

analogous

#D57749 #D5BD49 #A7D549

triadic

#D5BD49 #49D5BD #BD49D5

tetradic

#D5BD49 #49D577 #4961D5 #D549A7

square

#D5BD49 #49D577 #4961D5 #D549A7

split-complementary

#D5BD49 #49A7D5 #7749D5

monochromatic

#85731F #B79F2A #D5BD49 #E0CF7B #ECE1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#D5BD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BD49

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BD49	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d081',
    500: '#d5bd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bd49;
$custom-light: #e5d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79755,
    "c": 0.13602,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BD49

secondary

#37458C

accent

#5EE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BD49

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

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