#D5C549#D5C549

#D5C549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.143 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C549
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -8.71, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 62.44, 98.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0294 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.143 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6114, 54.5617, 14.2729)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C549 #4959D5

analogous

#D57F49 #D5C549 #9FD549

triadic

#D5C549 #49D5C5 #C549D5

tetradic

#D5C549 #49D57F #4959D5 #D5499F

square

#D5C549 #49D57F #4959D5 #D5499F

split-complementary

#D5C549 #499FD5 #7F49D5

monochromatic

#85791F #B7A72A #D5C549 #E0D57B #ECE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D5C549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#D5C549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C549

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C549	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.143 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d682',
    500: '#d5c549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c549;
$custom-light: #e5d682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81416,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C549

secondary

#37408C

accent

#55E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C549

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

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