#D5C253#D5C253

#D5C253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C253
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 61%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -6.55, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 57.19, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0221 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2956, 53.3563, 15.9368)
Luminance	0.5335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C253 #5366D5

analogous

#D58153 #D5C253 #A7D553

triadic

#D5C253 #53D5C2 #C253D5

tetradic

#D5C253 #53D581 #5366D5 #D553A7

square

#D5C253 #53D581 #5366D5 #D553A7

split-complementary

#D5C253 #53A7D5 #8153D5

monochromatic

#8C7C22 #BDA82E #D5C253 #E1D384 #EDE5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D5C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#D5C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C253

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C253	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d488',
    500: '#d5c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c253;
$custom-light: #e5d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80885,
    "c": 0.1322,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C253

secondary

#3B4792

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C253

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

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