#D5C551#D5C551

#D5C551 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.136 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C551
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -8.22, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 59.10, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0271 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.136 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8939, 54.6747, 15.7608)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C551 #5161D5

analogous

#D58351 #D5C551 #A3D551

triadic

#D5C551 #51D5C5 #C551D5

tetradic

#D5C551 #51D583 #5161D5 #D551A3

square

#D5C551 #51D583 #5161D5 #D551A3

split-complementary

#D5C551 #51A3D5 #8351D5

monochromatic

#8A7E21 #BCAA2D #D5C551 #E1D582 #EDE6B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D5C551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#D5C551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C551

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C551	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)

#D6BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.136 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d687',
    500: '#d5c551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c551;
$custom-light: #e5d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81489,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C551

secondary

#3A4490

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C551

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

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