#D5C740#D5C740

#D5C740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.150 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C740
RGB	rgb(213, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -10.22, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 66.62, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.76% -0.0346 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(81.76% 0.15 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.7915, 55.3651, 12.9660)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C740 #404ED5

analogous

#D57C40 #D5C740 #99D540

triadic

#D5C740 #40D5C7 #C740D5

tetradic

#D5C740 #40D57C #404ED5 #D54099

square

#D5C740 #40D57C #404ED5 #D54099

split-complementary

#D5C740 #4099D5 #7C40D5

monochromatic

#7F751C #B1A427 #D5C740 #E0D672 #EBE4A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#D5C740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#D5C740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C740

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C740	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.150 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d77d',
    500: '#d5c740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c740;
$custom-light: #e6d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.362,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81763,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C740

secondary

#333B86

accent

#50E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C740

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

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