#D5C357#D5C357

#D5C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C357
RGB	rgb(213, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -6.79, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 55.77, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0224 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6778, 53.8665, 16.8482)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C357 #5769D5

analogous

#D58457 #D5C357 #A8D557

triadic

#D5C357 #57D5C3 #C357D5

tetradic

#D5C357 #57D584 #5769D5 #D557A8

square

#D5C357 #57D584 #5769D5 #D557A8

split-complementary

#D5C357 #57A8D5 #8457D5

monochromatic

#8E7F24 #BFAB30 #D5C357 #E1D488 #EDE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D5C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C357

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C357	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)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48a',
    500: '#d5c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c357;
$custom-light: #e5d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81134,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C357

secondary

#3C4994

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C357

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

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