#D5C859#D5C859

#D5C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.132 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C859
RGB	rgb(213, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -9.21, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 56.70, 99.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% -0.029 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.132 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8998, 56.1778, 17.6642)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C859 #5966D5

analogous

#D58A59 #D5C859 #A4D559

triadic

#D5C859 #59D5C8 #C859D5

tetradic

#D5C859 #59D58A #5966D5 #D559A4

square

#D5C859 #59D58A #5966D5 #D559A4

split-complementary

#D5C859 #59A4D5 #8A59D5

monochromatic

#8F8424 #C0B131 #D5C859 #E1D88A #EEE8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D5C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C859

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C859	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.132 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d88c',
    500: '#d5c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c859;
$custom-light: #e5d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82196,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C859

secondary

#3D4695

accent

#56E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C859

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

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