#D5C542#D5C542

#D5C542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C542
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -9.10, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 65.20, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0313 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.3923, 54.4740, 13.1187)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C542 #4252D5

analogous

#D57B42 #D5C542 #9CD542

triadic

#D5C542 #42D5C5 #C542D5

tetradic

#D5C542 #42D57B #4252D5 #D5429C

square

#D5C542 #42D57B #4252D5 #D5429C

split-complementary

#D5C542 #429CD5 #7B42D5

monochromatic

#80751C #B2A328 #D5C542 #E0D474 #EBE4A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D5C542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#D5C542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C542

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C542	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)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d67e',
    500: '#d5c542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c542;
$custom-light: #e6d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.469,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81359,
    "c": 0.14747,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C542

secondary

#343D87

accent

#53E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C542

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

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