#D5C656#D5C656

#D5C656 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C656
RGB	rgb(213, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -8.40, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 57.29, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.0271 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.133 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3162, 55.2081, 16.8608)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C656 #5665D5

analogous

#D58656 #D5C656 #A4D556

triadic

#D5C656 #56D5C6 #C656D5

tetradic

#D5C656 #56D586 #5665D5 #D556A4

square

#D5C656 #56D586 #5665D5 #D556A4

split-complementary

#D5C656 #56A4D5 #8656D5

monochromatic

#8D8123 #BEAE2F #D5C656 #E1D787 #EDE7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D5C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#D5C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C656

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C656	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78a',
    500: '#d5c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c656;
$custom-light: #e5d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81747,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C656

secondary

#3C4693

accent

#57E344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C656

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

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