#D5BE59#D5BE59

#D5BE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.124 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE59
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -4.06, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 53.15, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0143 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.124 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6591, 51.6965, 16.9173)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE59 #5970D5

analogous

#D58059 #D5BE59 #AED559

triadic

#D5BE59 #59D5BE #BE59D5

tetradic

#D5BE59 #59D580 #5970D5 #D559AE

square

#D5BE59 #59D580 #5970D5 #D559AE

split-complementary

#D5BE59 #59AED5 #8059D5

monochromatic

#8F7B24 #C0A631 #D5BE59 #E1D18A #EEE4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#D5BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE59

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE59	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.124 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d18b',
    500: '#d5be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be59;
$custom-light: #e5d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80122,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE59

secondary

#3D4E95

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE59

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

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