#D5BD59#D5BD59

#D5BD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.123 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BD59
RGB	rgb(213, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -3.54, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 52.82, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.0128 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.123 96)
XYZ	xyz(47.4433, 51.2648, 16.8453)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BD59 #5971D5

analogous

#D57F59 #D5BD59 #AFD559

triadic

#D5BD59 #59D5BD #BD59D5

tetradic

#D5BD59 #59D57F #5971D5 #D559AF

square

#D5BD59 #59D57F #5971D5 #D559AF

split-complementary

#D5BD59 #59AFD5 #7F59D5

monochromatic

#8F7B24 #C0A431 #D5BD59 #E1D08A #EEE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#D5BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BD59

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BD59	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)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.123 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d08b',
    500: '#d5bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bd59;
$custom-light: #e5d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79917,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.51263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BD59

secondary

#3D4E95

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BD59

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

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