#D5C43E#D5C43E

#D5C43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C43E
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -8.79, 65.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 66.37, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0308 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.149 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.0521, 53.9759, 12.4438)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C43E #3E4FD5

analogous

#D5793E #D5C43E #9BD53E

triadic

#D5C43E #3ED5C4 #C43ED5

tetradic

#D5C43E #3ED579 #3E4FD5 #D53E9B

square

#D5C43E #3ED579 #3E4FD5 #D53E9B

split-complementary

#D5C43E #3E9BD5 #793ED5

monochromatic

#7D721B #B0A026 #D5C43E #E0D370 #EBE3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#D5C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C43E

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C43E	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d57c',
    500: '#d5c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c43e;
$custom-light: #e6d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.245,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81121,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C43E

secondary

#323C85

accent

#53E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C43E

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

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