#D5C44B#D5C44B

#D5C44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C44B
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 64.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.54, -8.08, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.54, 61.28, 97.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0274 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.14 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4525, 54.1360, 14.5523)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C44B #4B5CD5

analogous

#D57F4B #D5C44B #A1D54B

triadic

#D5C44B #4BD5C4 #C44BD5

tetradic

#D5C44B #4BD57F #4B5CD5 #D54BA1

square

#D5C44B #4BD57F #4B5CD5 #D54BA1

split-complementary

#D5C44B #4BA1D5 #7F4BD5

monochromatic

#867A1F #B8A72B #D5C44B #E1D47D #ECE5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D5C44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#D5C44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C44B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C44B	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d583',
    500: '#d5c44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c44b;
$custom-light: #e5d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81225,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C44B

secondary

#37428D

accent

#57E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C44B

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

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