#D5BD55#D5BD55

#D5BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BD55
RGB	rgb(213, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -3.83, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 54.63, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0141 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.126 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.2798, 51.1994, 15.9846)
Luminance	0.5120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BD55 #556DD5

analogous

#D57D55 #D5BD55 #ADD555

triadic

#D5BD55 #55D5BD #BD55D5

tetradic

#D5BD55 #55D57D #556DD5 #D555AD

square

#D5BD55 #55D57D #556DD5 #D555AD

split-complementary

#D5BD55 #55ADD5 #7D55D5

monochromatic

#8D7923 #BEA32F #D5BD55 #E1D086 #EDE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D5BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BD55

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BD55	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d089',
    500: '#d5bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bd55;
$custom-light: #e5d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BD55

secondary

#3C4C93

accent

#62E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BD55

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

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