#D5C149#D5C149

#D5C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.139 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C149
RGB	rgb(213, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -6.66, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 61.10, 96.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0236 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.139 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7152, 52.7692, 13.9742)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C149 #495DD5

analogous

#D57B49 #D5C149 #A3D549

triadic

#D5C149 #49D5C1 #C149D5

tetradic

#D5C149 #49D57B #495DD5 #D549A3

square

#D5C149 #49D57B #495DD5 #D549A3

split-complementary

#D5C149 #49A3D5 #7B49D5

monochromatic

#85761F #B7A32A #D5C149 #E0D27B #ECE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D5C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#D5C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C149

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C149	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.139 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d382',
    500: '#d5c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c149;
$custom-light: #e5d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80583,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C149

secondary

#37438C

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C149

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

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