#D5C242#D5C242

#D5C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C242
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -7.56, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 64.21, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0269 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.7179, 53.1252, 12.8939)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C242 #4255D5

analogous

#D57942 #D5C242 #9ED542

triadic

#D5C242 #42D5C2 #C242D5

tetradic

#D5C242 #42D579 #4255D5 #D5429E

square

#D5C242 #42D579 #4255D5 #D5429E

split-complementary

#D5C242 #429ED5 #7942D5

monochromatic

#80731C #B2A028 #D5C242 #E0D274 #EBE2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D5C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#D5C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C242

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C242	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d47e',
    500: '#d5c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c242;
$custom-light: #e6d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80733,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C242

secondary

#343F87

accent

#57E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C242

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

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