#D5C451#D5C451

#D5C451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.136 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C451
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -7.71, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 58.75, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.0257 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.136 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6676, 54.2221, 15.6853)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C451 #5162D5

analogous

#D58251 #D5C451 #A4D551

triadic

#D5C451 #51D5C4 #C451D5

tetradic

#D5C451 #51D582 #5162D5 #D551A4

square

#D5C451 #51D582 #5162D5 #D551A4

split-complementary

#D5C451 #51A4D5 #8251D5

monochromatic

#8A7D21 #BCA92D #D5C451 #E1D582 #EDE5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D5C451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C451

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C451	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.136 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d587',
    500: '#d5c451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c451;
$custom-light: #e5d587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8128,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C451

secondary

#3A4590

accent

#58E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C451

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

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