#D5C250#D5C250

#D5C250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C250
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -6.75, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 58.49, 96.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.023 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1823, 53.3110, 15.3399)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C250 #5063D5

analogous

#D58050 #D5C250 #A5D550

triadic

#D5C250 #50D5C2 #C250D5

tetradic

#D5C250 #50D580 #5063D5 #D550A5

square

#D5C250 #50D580 #5063D5 #D550A5

split-complementary

#D5C250 #50A5D5 #8050D5

monochromatic

#8A7B21 #BBA72D #D5C250 #E1D381 #EDE4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D5C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#D5C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C250

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C250	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d486',
    500: '#d5c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c250;
$custom-light: #e5d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C250

secondary

#394690

accent

#5AE443

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C250

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

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