#D5C459#D5C459

#D5C459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C459
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.66, -7.16, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.66, 55.23, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0232 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9855, 54.3492, 17.3594)
Luminance	0.5435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C459 #596AD5

analogous

#D58659 #D5C459 #A8D559

triadic

#D5C459 #59D5C4 #C459D5

tetradic

#D5C459 #59D586 #596AD5 #D559A8

square

#D5C459 #59D586 #596AD5 #D559A8

split-complementary

#D5C459 #59A8D5 #8659D5

monochromatic

#8F8124 #C0AC31 #D5C459 #E1D58A #EEE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#D5C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C459

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C459	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d58b',
    500: '#d5c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c459;
$custom-light: #e5d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C459

secondary

#3D4995

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C459

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

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