#D5C550#D5C550

#D5C550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C550
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -8.29, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 59.53, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% -0.0274 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8567, 54.6598, 15.5647)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C550 #5060D5

analogous

#D58350 #D5C550 #A2D550

triadic

#D5C550 #50D5C5 #C550D5

tetradic

#D5C550 #50D583 #5060D5 #D550A2

square

#D5C550 #50D583 #5060D5 #D550A2

split-complementary

#D5C550 #50A2D5 #8350D5

monochromatic

#8A7D21 #BBAA2D #D5C550 #E1D581 #EDE6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D5C550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D5C550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C550

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C550	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d686',
    500: '#d5c550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c550;
$custom-light: #e5d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.782,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81479,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C550

secondary

#394490

accent

#57E443

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C550

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

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