#D5C849#D5C849

#D5C849 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C849
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -10.24, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 63.48, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(82.04% -0.0338 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(82.04% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2994, 55.9376, 14.5022)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C849 #4956D5

analogous

#D58249 #D5C849 #9CD549

triadic

#D5C849 #49D5C8 #C849D5

tetradic

#D5C849 #49D582 #4956D5 #D5499C

square

#D5C849 #49D582 #4956D5 #D5499C

split-complementary

#D5C849 #499CD5 #8249D5

monochromatic

#857B1F #B7AA2A #D5C849 #E0D77B #ECE6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#D5C849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C849

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C849	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d882',
    500: '#d5c849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c849;
$custom-light: #e5d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.429,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82044,
    "c": 0.14522,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C849

secondary

#373F8C

accent

#51E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C849

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

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