#D5BE56#D5BE56

#D5BE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE56
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -4.28, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 54.51, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0153 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.5357, 51.6471, 16.2673)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE56 #566DD5

analogous

#D57E56 #D5BE56 #ACD556

triadic

#D5BE56 #56D5BE #BE56D5

tetradic

#D5BE56 #56D57E #566DD5 #D556AC

square

#D5BE56 #56D57E #566DD5 #D556AC

split-complementary

#D5BE56 #56ACD5 #7E56D5

monochromatic

#8D7A23 #BEA52F #D5BE56 #E1D187 #EDE4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D5BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE56

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE56	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d189',
    500: '#d5be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be56;
$custom-light: #e5d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80089,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE56

secondary

#3C4C93

accent

#61E344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE56

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

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