#D5C342#D5C342

#D5C342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C342
RGB	rgb(213, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -8.07, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 64.54, 97.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.94% -0.0284 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.94% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.9412, 53.5718, 12.9683)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C342 #4254D5

analogous

#D57A42 #D5C342 #9ED542

triadic

#D5C342 #42D5C3 #C342D5

tetradic

#D5C342 #42D57A #4254D5 #D5429E

square

#D5C342 #42D57A #4254D5 #D5429E

split-complementary

#D5C342 #429ED5 #7A42D5

monochromatic

#80741C #B2A128 #D5C342 #E0D374 #EBE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D5C342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#D5C342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C342

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C342	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d47e',
    500: '#d5c342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c342;
$custom-light: #e6d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80942,
    "c": 0.14579,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C342

secondary

#343E87

accent

#55E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C342

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

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