#D5C840#D5C840

#D5C840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.151 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C840
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -10.72, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 66.96, 99.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.97% -0.0361 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(81.97% 0.151 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.0223, 55.8268, 13.0429)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C840 #404DD5

analogous

#D57E40 #D5C840 #98D540

triadic

#D5C840 #40D5C8 #C840D5

tetradic

#D5C840 #40D57E #404DD5 #D54098

square

#D5C840 #40D57E #404DD5 #D54098

split-complementary

#D5C840 #4098D5 #7E40D5

monochromatic

#7F761C #B1A527 #D5C840 #E0D672 #EBE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D5C840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D5C840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C840

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C840	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.151 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d87d',
    500: '#d5c840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c840;
$custom-light: #e6d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.765,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81973,
    "c": 0.15137,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C840

secondary

#333A86

accent

#4FE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C840

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

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