#D5C259#D5C259

#D5C259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C259
RGB	rgb(213, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -6.13, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 54.52, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0202 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.127 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5374, 53.4530, 17.2100)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C259 #596CD5

analogous

#D58459 #D5C259 #AAD559

triadic

#D5C259 #59D5C2 #C259D5

tetradic

#D5C259 #59D584 #596CD5 #D559AA

square

#D5C259 #59D584 #596CD5 #D559AA

split-complementary

#D5C259 #59AAD5 #8459D5

monochromatic

#8F7F24 #C0AA31 #D5C259 #E1D48A #EEE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D5C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#D5C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C259

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C259	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48b',
    500: '#d5c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c259;
$custom-light: #e5d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80948,
    "c": 0.12709,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C259

secondary

#3D4B95

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C259

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

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