#D5C850#D5C850

#D5C850 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C850
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 80)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -9.82, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 60.60, 99.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0318 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.14 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5447, 56.0358, 15.7941)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C850 #505DD5

analogous

#D58550 #D5C850 #A0D550

triadic

#D5C850 #50D5C8 #C850D5

tetradic

#D5C850 #50D585 #505DD5 #D550A0

square

#D5C850 #50D585 #505DD5 #D550A0

split-complementary

#D5C850 #50A0D5 #8550D5

monochromatic

#8A7F21 #BBAD2D #D5C850 #E1D881 #EDE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#D5C850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C850

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C850	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d886',
    500: '#d5c850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c850;
$custom-light: #e5d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82106,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C850

secondary

#394290

accent

#53E443

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C850

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

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