#D5C55A#D5C55A

#D5C55A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.129 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C55A
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -7.60, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 55.15, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0243 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.129 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2541, 54.8188, 17.6575)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C55A #5A6AD5

analogous

#D5885A #D5C55A #A8D55A

triadic

#D5C55A #5AD5C5 #C55AD5

tetradic

#D5C55A #5AD588 #5A6AD5 #D55AA8

square

#D5C55A #5AD588 #5A6AD5 #D55AA8

split-complementary

#D5C55A #5AA8D5 #885AD5

monochromatic

#908225 #C1AE31 #D5C55A #E1D68B #EEE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#D5C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#D5C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C55A

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C55A	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.129 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d68c',
    500: '#d5c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c55a;
$custom-light: #e5d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81582,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C55A

secondary

#3E4996

accent

#5AE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C55A

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

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