#D5C940#D5C940

#D5C940 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.152 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C940
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -11.23, 66.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 67.30, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.18% -0.0375 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(82.18% 0.152 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2547, 56.2915, 13.1204)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C940 #404CD5

analogous

#D57F40 #D5C940 #97D540

triadic

#D5C940 #40D5C9 #C940D5

tetradic

#D5C940 #40D57F #404CD5 #D54097

square

#D5C940 #40D57F #404CD5 #D54097

split-complementary

#D5C940 #4097D5 #7F40D5

monochromatic

#7F771C #B1A627 #D5C940 #E0D772 #EBE5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D5C940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#D5C940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C940

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C940	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.152 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97d',
    500: '#d5c940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c940;
$custom-light: #e6d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.168,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82184,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C940

secondary

#333A86

accent

#4EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C940

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

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