#D5C456#D5C456

#D5C456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C456
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -7.37, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 56.57, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0241 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8621, 54.2999, 16.7094)
Luminance	0.5430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C456 #5667D5

analogous

#D58456 #D5C456 #A6D556

triadic

#D5C456 #56D5C4 #C456D5

tetradic

#D5C456 #56D584 #5667D5 #D556A6

square

#D5C456 #56D584 #5667D5 #D556A6

split-complementary

#D5C456 #56A6D5 #8456D5

monochromatic

#8D7F23 #BEAB2F #D5C456 #E1D587 #EDE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#D5C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C456

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C456	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d58a',
    500: '#d5c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c456;
$custom-light: #e5d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81331,
    "c": 0.13142,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C456

secondary

#3C4893

accent

#5AE344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C456

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

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