#D5BE42#D5BE42

#D5BE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.142 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE42
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -5.50, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 62.95, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0211 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.142 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8396, 51.3686, 12.6011)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE42 #4259D5

analogous

#D57442 #D5BE42 #A3D542

triadic

#D5BE42 #42D5BE #BE42D5

tetradic

#D5BE42 #42D574 #4259D5 #D542A3

square

#D5BE42 #42D574 #4259D5 #D542A3

split-complementary

#D5BE42 #42A3D5 #7442D5

monochromatic

#80711C #B29D28 #D5BE42 #E0CF74 #EBE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#D5BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE42

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE42	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)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.142 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17d',
    500: '#d5be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be42;
$custom-light: #e6d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.612,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79903,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE42

secondary

#344187

accent

#5BE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE42

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

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