#D5C640#D5C640

#D5C640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.150 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C640
RGB	rgb(213, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -9.71, 65.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 66.28, 98.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0332 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.15 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.5622, 54.9065, 12.8895)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C640 #404FD5

analogous

#D57C40 #D5C640 #99D540

triadic

#D5C640 #40D5C6 #C640D5

tetradic

#D5C640 #40D57C #404FD5 #D54099

square

#D5C640 #40D57C #404FD5 #D54099

split-complementary

#D5C640 #4099D5 #7C40D5

monochromatic

#7F751C #B1A327 #D5C640 #E0D572 #EBE4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D5C640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#D5C640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C640

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C640	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.150 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d67d',
    500: '#d5c640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c640;
$custom-light: #e6d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.96,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C640

secondary

#333B86

accent

#52E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C640

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

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