#D5C44D#D5C44D

#D5C44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C44D
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 63.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -7.96, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 60.45, 97.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0268 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.5220, 54.1638, 14.9185)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C44D #4D5ED5

analogous

#D5804D #D5C44D #A2D54D

triadic

#D5C44D #4DD5C4 #C44DD5

tetradic

#D5C44D #4DD580 #4D5ED5 #D54DA2

square

#D5C44D #4DD580 #4D5ED5 #D54DA2

split-complementary

#D5C44D #4DA2D5 #804DD5

monochromatic

#887B20 #B9A72C #D5C44D #E1D47F #ECE5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#D5C44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C44D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C44D	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d584',
    500: '#d5c44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c44d;
$custom-light: #e5d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81243,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C44D

secondary

#38438E

accent

#57E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C44D

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

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