#D5C455#D5C455

#D5C455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C455
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -7.44, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 57.01, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0245 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.8221, 54.2839, 16.4987)
Luminance	0.5428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C455 #5566D5

analogous

#D58455 #D5C455 #A6D555

triadic

#D5C455 #55D5C4 #C455D5

tetradic

#D5C455 #55D584 #5566D5 #D555A6

square

#D5C455 #55D584 #5566D5 #D555A6

split-complementary

#D5C455 #55A6D5 #8455D5

monochromatic

#8D7F23 #BEAB2F #D5C455 #E1D586 #EDE6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D5C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C455

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C455	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d589',
    500: '#d5c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c455;
$custom-light: #e5d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.031,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8132,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C455

secondary

#3C4793

accent

#59E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C455

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

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