#D5BE4B#D5BE4B

#D5BE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE4B
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 64.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -5.00, 59.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 59.30, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0186 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1261, 51.4833, 14.1102)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE4B #4B62D5

analogous

#D5794B #D5BE4B #A7D54B

triadic

#D5BE4B #4BD5BE #BE4BD5

tetradic

#D5BE4B #4BD579 #4B62D5 #D54BA7

square

#D5BE4B #4BD579 #4B62D5 #D54BA7

split-complementary

#D5BE4B #4BA7D5 #794BD5

monochromatic

#86751F #B8A02B #D5BE4B #E1D07D #ECE2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D5BE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE4B

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE4B	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B93D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d182',
    500: '#d5be4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be4b;
$custom-light: #e5d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79979,
    "c": 0.13529,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE4B

secondary

#37468D

accent

#5EE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE4B

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

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