#D5C059#D5C059

#D5C059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.125 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C059
RGB	rgb(213, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -5.10, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 53.83, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0173 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.125 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0952, 52.5688, 17.0627)
Luminance	0.5257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C059 #596ED5

analogous

#D58259 #D5C059 #ACD559

triadic

#D5C059 #59D5C0 #C059D5

tetradic

#D5C059 #59D582 #596ED5 #D559AC

square

#D5C059 #59D582 #596ED5 #D559AC

split-complementary

#D5C059 #59ACD5 #8259D5

monochromatic

#8F7D24 #C0A831 #D5C059 #E1D38A #EEE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D5C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#D5C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C059

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C059	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.125 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d28b',
    500: '#d5c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c059;
$custom-light: #e5d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80534,
    "c": 0.12539,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C059

secondary

#3D4C95

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C059

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

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