#D5BE55#D5BE55

#D5BE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.127 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE55
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -4.35, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 54.96, 94.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0156 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.127 97)
XYZ	xyz(47.4957, 51.6311, 16.0566)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE55 #556CD5

analogous

#D57E55 #D5BE55 #ACD555

triadic

#D5BE55 #55D5BE #BE55D5

tetradic

#D5BE55 #55D57E #556CD5 #D555AC

square

#D5BE55 #55D57E #556CD5 #D555AC

split-complementary

#D5BE55 #55ACD5 #7E55D5

monochromatic

#8D7A23 #BEA42F #D5BE55 #E1D186 #EDE4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D5BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE55

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE55	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.127 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d189',
    500: '#d5be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be55;
$custom-light: #e5d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.219,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80078,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.51629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE55

secondary

#3C4B93

accent

#61E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE55

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

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