#D5BE3A#D5BE3A

#D5BE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE3A
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 72.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -5.89, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 65.96, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.023 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(46.6200, 51.2808, 11.4447)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE3A #3A51D5

analogous

#D5703A #D5BE3A #9ED53A

triadic

#D5BE3A #3AD5BE #BE3AD5

tetradic

#D5BE3A #3AD570 #3A51D5 #D53A9E

square

#D5BE3A #3AD570 #3A51D5 #D53A9E

split-complementary

#D5BE3A #3A9ED5 #703AD5

monochromatic

#7A6C1A #AD9925 #D5BE3A #E0CF6C #EBDF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D5BE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE3A

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE3A	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d179',
    500: '#d5be3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be3a;
$custom-light: #e6d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.097,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79844,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.51279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE3A

secondary

#313D82

accent

#59E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE3A

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

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