#D5C842#D5C842

#D5C842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.150 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C842
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -10.62, 65.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 66.21, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0356 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.15 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0802, 55.8500, 13.3480)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C842 #424FD5

analogous

#D57F42 #D5C842 #98D542

triadic

#D5C842 #42D5C8 #C842D5

tetradic

#D5C842 #42D57F #424FD5 #D54298

square

#D5C842 #42D57F #424FD5 #D54298

split-complementary

#D5C842 #4298D5 #7F42D5

monochromatic

#80771C #B2A628 #D5C842 #E0D774 #EBE5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#D5C842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#D5C842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C842

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C842	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)

#DAC12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.150 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d87e',
    500: '#d5c842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c842;
$custom-light: #e6d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81988,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C842

secondary

#343B87

accent

#50E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C842

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

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