#D5C460#D5C460

#D5C460 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C460
RGB	rgb(213, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(51, 55%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 54.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -6.63, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 52.04, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0209 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2935, 54.4724, 18.9818)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C460 #6071D5

analogous

#D58960 #D5C460 #ABD560

triadic

#D5C460 #60D5C4 #C460D5

tetradic

#D5C460 #60D589 #6071D5 #D560AB

square

#D5C460 #60D589 #6071D5 #D560AB

split-complementary

#D5C460 #60ABD5 #8960D5

monochromatic

#948427 #C4AF34 #D5C460 #E2D690 #EFE8C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D5C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C460

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C460	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d590',
    500: '#d5c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c460;
$custom-light: #e4d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.282,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C460

secondary

#404D99

accent

#38C620

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C460

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

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