#D5C659#D5C659

#D5C659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.131 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C659
RGB	rgb(213, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, -8.19, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 55.96, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0261 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.131 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.4396, 55.2575, 17.5108)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C659 #5968D5

analogous

#D58859 #D5C659 #A6D559

triadic

#D5C659 #59D5C6 #C659D5

tetradic

#D5C659 #59D588 #5968D5 #D559A6

square

#D5C659 #59D588 #5968D5 #D559A6

split-complementary

#D5C659 #59A6D5 #8859D5

monochromatic

#8F8224 #C0AF31 #D5C659 #E1D78A #EEE8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D5C659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#D5C659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C659

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C659	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.131 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d78c',
    500: '#d5c659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c659;
$custom-light: #e5d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81779,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C659

secondary

#3D4895

accent

#58E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C659

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

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