#D5C937#D5C937

#D5C937 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.158 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C937
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 74.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -11.64, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 70.45, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0395 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.158 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0189, 56.1972, 11.8788)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C937 #3743D5

analogous

#D57A37 #D5C937 #92D537

triadic

#D5C937 #37D5C9 #C937D5

tetradic

#D5C937 #37D57A #3743D5 #D53792

square

#D5C937 #37D57A #3743D5 #D53792

split-complementary

#D5C937 #3792D5 #7A37D5

monochromatic

#787119 #ABA124 #D5C937 #E0D76A #EAE49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D5C937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D5C937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C937

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C937	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)

#DBC219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.158 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d979',
    500: '#d5c937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c937;
$custom-light: #e6d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82124,
    "c": 0.1576,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C937

secondary

#303680

accent

#4CE840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C937

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

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