#D5BE49#D5BE49

#D5BE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE49
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -5.11, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 60.13, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0192 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.137 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0587, 51.4563, 13.7554)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE49 #4960D5

analogous

#D57849 #D5BE49 #A6D549

triadic

#D5BE49 #49D5BE #BE49D5

tetradic

#D5BE49 #49D578 #4960D5 #D549A6

square

#D5BE49 #49D578 #4960D5 #D549A6

split-complementary

#D5BE49 #49A6D5 #7849D5

monochromatic

#85741F #B7A02A #D5BE49 #E0D07B #ECE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D5BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE49

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE49	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d181',
    500: '#d5be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be49;
$custom-light: #e5d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79961,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE49

secondary

#37458C

accent

#5DE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE49

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

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