#D5BE51#D5BE51

#D5BE51 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE51
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -4.62, 56.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 56.72, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0168 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.131 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3412, 51.5693, 15.2432)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE51 #5168D5

analogous

#D57C51 #D5BE51 #AAD551

triadic

#D5BE51 #51D5BE #BE51D5

tetradic

#D5BE51 #51D57C #5168D5 #D551AA

square

#D5BE51 #51D57C #5168D5 #D551AA

split-complementary

#D5BE51 #51AAD5 #7C51D5

monochromatic

#8A7821 #BCA32D #D5BE51 #E1D082 #EDE3B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D5BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D5BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE51

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE51	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d186',
    500: '#d5be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be51;
$custom-light: #e5d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80037,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE51

secondary

#3A4990

accent

#60E444

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE51

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

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