#D5C356#D5C356

#D5C356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C356
RGB	rgb(213, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -6.86, 55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 56.22, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0227 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(48.6373, 53.8502, 16.6345)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C356 #5668D5

analogous

#D58356 #D5C356 #A7D556

triadic

#D5C356 #56D5C3 #C356D5

tetradic

#D5C356 #56D583 #5668D5 #D556A7

square

#D5C356 #56D583 #5668D5 #D556A7

split-complementary

#D5C356 #56A7D5 #8356D5

monochromatic

#8D7E23 #BEAA2F #D5C356 #E1D487 #EDE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D5C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C356

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C356	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)

#D4BE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48a',
    500: '#d5c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c356;
$custom-light: #e5d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81123,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.53848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C356

secondary

#3C4893

accent

#5BE344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C356

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

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