#D5C855#D5C855

#D5C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C855
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -9.49, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 58.46, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0303 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.136 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.7363, 56.1124, 16.8035)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C855 #5562D5

analogous

#D58855 #D5C855 #A2D555

triadic

#D5C855 #55D5C8 #C855D5

tetradic

#D5C855 #55D588 #5562D5 #D555A2

square

#D5C855 #55D588 #5562D5 #D555A2

split-complementary

#D5C855 #55A2D5 #8855D5

monochromatic

#8D8223 #BEAF2F #D5C855 #E1D886 #EDE8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#D5C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C855

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C855	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d889',
    500: '#d5c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c855;
$custom-light: #e5d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82155,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C855

secondary

#3C4493

accent

#54E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C855

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

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