#D5C23A#D5C23A

#D5C23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C23A
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 72.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -7.95, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 67.18, 96.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0288 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4983, 53.0374, 11.7375)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C23A #3A4DD5

analogous

#D5743A #D5C23A #9AD53A

triadic

#D5C23A #3AD5C2 #C23AD5

tetradic

#D5C23A #3AD574 #3A4DD5 #D53A9A

square

#D5C23A #3AD574 #3A4DD5 #D53A9A

split-complementary

#D5C23A #3A9AD5 #743AD5

monochromatic

#7A6F1A #AD9C25 #D5C23A #E0D26C #EBE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D5C23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#D5C23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C23A

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C23A	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d479',
    500: '#d5c23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c23a;
$custom-light: #e6d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.645,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80675,
    "c": 0.15003,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C23A

secondary

#313B82

accent

#55E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C23A

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

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