#D5BD57#D5BD57

#D5BD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.125 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BD57
RGB	rgb(213, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -3.69, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 53.73, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0134 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.125 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3604, 51.2316, 16.4090)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BD57 #576FD5

analogous

#D57E57 #D5BD57 #AED557

triadic

#D5BD57 #57D5BD #BD57D5

tetradic

#D5BD57 #57D57E #576FD5 #D557AE

square

#D5BD57 #57D57E #576FD5 #D557AE

split-complementary

#D5BD57 #57AED5 #7E57D5

monochromatic

#8E7A24 #BFA430 #D5BD57 #E1D088 #EDE3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D5BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BD57

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BD57	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.125 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d08a',
    500: '#d5bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bd57;
$custom-light: #e5d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79894,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BD57

secondary

#3C4D94

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BD57

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

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