#D5BE57#D5BE57

#D5BE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE57
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -4.21, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 54.06, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0149 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.126 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.5763, 51.6633, 16.4810)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE57 #576ED5

analogous

#D57F57 #D5BE57 #ADD557

triadic

#D5BE57 #57D5BE #BE57D5

tetradic

#D5BE57 #57D57F #576ED5 #D557AD

square

#D5BE57 #57D57F #576ED5 #D557AD

split-complementary

#D5BE57 #57ADD5 #7F57D5

monochromatic

#8E7B24 #BFA530 #D5BE57 #E1D188 #EDE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D5BE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE57

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE57	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)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d18a',
    500: '#d5be57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be57;
$custom-light: #e5d18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.801,
    "c": 0.12551,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE57

secondary

#3C4C94

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE57

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

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