#D5BE5B#D5BE5B

#D5BE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.122 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BE5B
RGB	rgb(213, 190, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -3.91, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 52.24, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0136 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.122 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7442, 51.7305, 17.3656)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BE5B #5B72D5

analogous

#D5815B #D5BE5B #AFD55B

triadic

#D5BE5B #5BD5BE #BE5BD5

tetradic

#D5BE5B #5BD581 #5B72D5 #D55BAF

square

#D5BE5B #5BD581 #5B72D5 #D55BAF

split-complementary

#D5BE5B #5BAFD5 #815BD5

monochromatic

#917C25 #C1A632 #D5BE5B #E1D18C #EEE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#D5BE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BE5B

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BE5B	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5be5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 190, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.122 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d18c',
    500: '#d5be5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5be5b;
$custom-light: #e5d18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5be5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80145,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BE5B

secondary

#3E4F96

accent

#63E245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BE5B

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

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