#D5BF42#D5BF42

#D5BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5BF42
RGB	rgb(213, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -6.02, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 63.26, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0225 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0569, 51.8033, 12.6736)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5BF42 #4258D5

analogous

#D57542 #D5BF42 #A2D542

triadic

#D5BF42 #42D5BF #BF42D5

tetradic

#D5BF42 #42D575 #4258D5 #D542A2

square

#D5BF42 #42D575 #4258D5 #D542A2

split-complementary

#D5BF42 #42A2D5 #7542D5

monochromatic

#80711C #B29D28 #D5BF42 #E0D074 #EBE1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D5BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#D5BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5BF42

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5BF42	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d17d',
    500: '#d5bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5bf42;
$custom-light: #e6d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.02,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8011,
    "c": 0.14256,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5BF42

secondary

#344087

accent

#5AE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5BF42

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

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