#D5BE4E#D5BE4E

#D5BE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE4E
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 63.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -4.81, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 58.02, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0177 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2312, 51.5253, 14.6638)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE4E #4E65D5

analogous

#D57B4E #D5BE4E #A8D54E

triadic

#D5BE4E #4ED5BE #BE4ED5

tetradic

#D5BE4E #4ED57B #4E65D5 #D54EA8

square

#D5BE4E #4ED57B #4E65D5 #D54EA8

split-complementary

#D5BE4E #4EA8D5 #7B4ED5

monochromatic

#887720 #BAA22C #D5BE4E #E1D07F #ECE2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#D5BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE4E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE4E	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)

#D0BA41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d184',
    500: '#d5be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be4e;
$custom-light: #e5d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.778,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80008,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE4E

secondary

#39478F

accent

#5FE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE4E

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

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