#D5BE40#D5BE40

#D5BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE40
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -5.60, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 63.73, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0216 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.7816, 51.3455, 12.2960)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE40 #4057D5

analogous

#D57440 #D5BE40 #A2D540

triadic

#D5BE40 #40D5BE #BE40D5

tetradic

#D5BE40 #40D574 #4057D5 #D540A2

square

#D5BE40 #40D574 #4057D5 #D540A2

split-complementary

#D5BE40 #40A2D5 #7440D5

monochromatic

#7F6F1C #B19C27 #D5BE40 #E0CF72 #EBE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D5BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE40

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE40	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17c',
    500: '#d5be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be40;
$custom-light: #e6d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.738,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.14312,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE40

secondary

#334086

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE40

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

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