#D5C856#D5C856

#D5C856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C856
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.69, -9.42, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.69, 58.02, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% -0.03 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.135 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7764, 56.1284, 17.0142)
Luminance	0.5613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C856 #5663D5

analogous

#D58856 #D5C856 #A2D556

triadic

#D5C856 #56D5C8 #C856D5

tetradic

#D5C856 #56D588 #5663D5 #D556A2

square

#D5C856 #56D588 #5663D5 #D556A2

split-complementary

#D5C856 #56A2D5 #8856D5

monochromatic

#8D8323 #BEB02F #D5C856 #E1D887 #EDE8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#D5C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C856

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C856	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d88a',
    500: '#d5c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c856;
$custom-light: #e5d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.858,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82165,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C856

secondary

#3C4593

accent

#55E344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C856

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

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