#D5BF74

Closest named color: Very Light Brown (#D3B683). oklch(80.7% 0.098 93.6), rgb(213, 191, 116).

Black text reads best on this color (11.53:1).

About this color

#D5BF74 is a light, moderately saturated yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 81%, its chroma 0.098 and its hue 94°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Very Light Brown (#D3B683), ΔE 0.034 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.53:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	light (81%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.098)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Very Light Brown (#D3B683)
Black text	11.53:1
White text	1.82:1

Values

HEX	#D5BF74
RGB	rgb(213, 191, 116)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 65%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.098 93.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #D5BF74	1.82:1	Fails	Lc -38.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #D5BF74	11.53:1	AAA	Lc 69.9	Content text, not long reading
#D5BF74 text on white	1.82:1	Fails	Lc 33.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#D5BF74 text on black	11.53:1	AAA	Lc -68.6	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#F8F5EC

oklch(97% 0.012 91.5)
Step 100
100

#F0EAD5

oklch(93.6% 0.029 93.8)
Step 200
200

#E5D9B1

oklch(88.5% 0.054 93.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#D5BF74

oklch(80.7% 0.098 93.6)
Step 400
400

#BF9D00

oklch(70.6% 0.145 93.3)
Step 500
500

#A48700

oklch(63.2% 0.129 93.7)
Step 600
600

#8A7100

oklch(55.6% 0.114 93.5)
Step 700
700

#745F00

oklch(49.2% 0.101 93.8)
Step 800
800

#5F4D00

oklch(42.6% 0.087 93.4)
Step 900
900

#4F4000

oklch(37.6% 0.077 93.9)
Step 950
950

#302500

oklch(26.9% 0.055 91.9)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#D5BF74 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#CEBC6E	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D3C377	0.010
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#E2B4AD	0.090
Achromatopsia (no color)	#C0C0C0	0.098