#D5C55B#D5C55B

#D5C55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C55B
RGB	rgb(213, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -7.53, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 54.69, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.024 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.2969, 54.8359, 17.8832)
Luminance	0.5483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C55B #5B6BD5

analogous

#D5885B #D5C55B #A8D55B

triadic

#D5C55B #5BD5C5 #C55BD5

tetradic

#D5C55B #5BD588 #5B6BD5 #D55BA8

square

#D5C55B #5BD588 #5B6BD5 #D55BA8

split-complementary

#D5C55B #5BA8D5 #885BD5

monochromatic

#918225 #C1AE32 #D5C55B #E1D68C #EEE7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D5C55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#D5C55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C55B

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C55B	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d68d',
    500: '#d5c55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c55b;
$custom-light: #e5d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.12797,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C55B

secondary

#3E4A96

accent

#5AE245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C55B

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

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