#D5C355#D5C355

#D5C355 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C355
RGB	rgb(213, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -6.93, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 56.66, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.023 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.131 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5973, 53.8342, 16.4238)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C355 #5567D5

analogous

#D58355 #D5C355 #A7D555

triadic

#D5C355 #55D5C3 #C355D5

tetradic

#D5C355 #55D583 #5567D5 #D555A7

square

#D5C355 #55D583 #5567D5 #D555A7

split-complementary

#D5C355 #55A7D5 #8355D5

monochromatic

#8D7E23 #BEAA2F #D5C355 #E1D486 #EDE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D5C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C355

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C355	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d489',
    500: '#d5c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c355;
$custom-light: #e5d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.563,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81113,
    "c": 0.13139,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C355

secondary

#3C4893

accent

#5BE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C355

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

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