#D5C359#D5C359

#D5C359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C359
RGB	rgb(213, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -6.65, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 54.88, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0217 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7607, 53.8996, 17.2845)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C359 #596BD5

analogous

#D58559 #D5C359 #A9D559

triadic

#D5C359 #59D5C3 #C359D5

tetradic

#D5C359 #59D585 #596BD5 #D559A9

square

#D5C359 #59D585 #596BD5 #D559A9

split-complementary

#D5C359 #59A9D5 #8559D5

monochromatic

#8F8024 #C0AB31 #D5C359 #E1D58A #EEE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#D5C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C359

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C359	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d48b',
    500: '#d5c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c359;
$custom-light: #e5d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81155,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C359

secondary

#3D4A95

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C359

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

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