#D5BE3C#D5BE3C

#D5BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE3C
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 71.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -5.80, 64.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 65.23, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0225 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.146 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.6719, 51.3016, 11.7179)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE3C #3C53D5

analogous

#D5713C #D5BE3C #A0D53C

triadic

#D5BE3C #3CD5BE #BE3CD5

tetradic

#D5BE3C #3CD571 #3C53D5 #D53CA0

square

#D5BE3C #3CD571 #3C53D5 #D53CA0

split-complementary

#D5BE3C #3CA0D5 #713CD5

monochromatic

#7C6D1B #AE9A26 #D5BE3C #E0CF6E #EBE0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D5BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#D5BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE3C

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE3C	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)

#D0B927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6B0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17a',
    500: '#d5be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be3c;
$custom-light: #e6d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79858,
    "c": 0.14569,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE3C

secondary

#323E84

accent

#59E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE3C

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

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