#D5C048#D5C048

#D5C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C048
RGB	rgb(213, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 66.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -6.21, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 61.18, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0224 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4620, 52.3155, 13.7275)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C048 #485DD5

analogous

#D57948 #D5C048 #A3D548

triadic

#D5C048 #48D5C0 #C048D5

tetradic

#D5C048 #48D579 #485DD5 #D548A3

square

#D5C048 #48D579 #485DD5 #D548A3

split-complementary

#D5C048 #48A3D5 #7948D5

monochromatic

#84751E #B6A12A #D5C048 #E0D17A #ECE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D5C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#D5C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C048

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C048	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d281',
    500: '#d5c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c048;
$custom-light: #e5d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80367,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C048

secondary

#36438B

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C048

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

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