#D5BE4A#D5BE4A

#D5BE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE4A
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 65.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -5.05, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 59.71, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0189 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.136 98)
XYZ	xyz(47.0922, 51.4697, 13.9314)
Luminance	0.5147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE4A #4A61D5

analogous

#D5794A #D5BE4A #A7D54A

triadic

#D5BE4A #4AD5BE #BE4AD5

tetradic

#D5BE4A #4AD579 #4A61D5 #D54AA7

square

#D5BE4A #4AD579 #4A61D5 #D54AA7

split-complementary

#D5BE4A #4AA7D5 #794AD5

monochromatic

#86751F #B7A02B #D5BE4A #E1D07C #ECE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#D5BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE4A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE4A	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)

#D0B93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d182',
    500: '#d5be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be4a;
$custom-light: #e5d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7997,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.51467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE4A

secondary

#37458C

accent

#5DE542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE4A

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

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