#D5C049#D5C049

#D5C049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C049
RGB	rgb(213, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -6.15, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 60.77, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0221 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4949, 52.3286, 13.9007)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C049 #495ED5

analogous

#D57A49 #D5C049 #A4D549

triadic

#D5C049 #49D5C0 #C049D5

tetradic

#D5C049 #49D57A #495ED5 #D549A4

square

#D5C049 #49D57A #495ED5 #D549A4

split-complementary

#D5C049 #49A4D5 #7A49D5

monochromatic

#85761F #B7A22A #D5C049 #E0D17B #ECE2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D5C049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#D5C049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C049

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C049	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d281',
    500: '#d5c049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c049;
$custom-light: #e5d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80375,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C049

secondary

#37438C

accent

#5BE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C049

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

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