#D5C449#D5C449

#D5C449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.142 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C449
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -8.20, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 62.10, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.028 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.142 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3851, 54.1091, 14.1975)
Luminance	0.5411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C449 #495AD5

analogous

#D57E49 #D5C449 #A0D549

triadic

#D5C449 #49D5C4 #C449D5

tetradic

#D5C449 #49D57E #495AD5 #D549A0

square

#D5C449 #49D57E #495AD5 #D549A0

split-complementary

#D5C449 #49A0D5 #7E49D5

monochromatic

#85791F #B7A62A #D5C449 #E0D47B #ECE4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#D5C449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C449

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C449	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC550

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.142 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d582',
    500: '#d5c449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c449;
$custom-light: #e5d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.714,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81207,
    "c": 0.14171,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C449

secondary

#37418C

accent

#56E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C449

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

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