#D5C159#D5C159

#D5C159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C159
RGB	rgb(213, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -5.61, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 54.17, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0187 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.126 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.3156, 53.0094, 17.1361)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C159 #596DD5

analogous

#D58359 #D5C159 #ABD559

triadic

#D5C159 #59D5C1 #C159D5

tetradic

#D5C159 #59D583 #596DD5 #D559AB

square

#D5C159 #59D583 #596DD5 #D559AB

split-complementary

#D5C159 #59ABD5 #8359D5

monochromatic

#8F7E24 #C0A931 #D5C159 #E1D38A #EEE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D5C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#D5C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C159

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C159	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d38b',
    500: '#d5c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c159;
$custom-light: #e5d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80741,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C159

secondary

#3D4B95

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C159

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

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