#D5C949#D5C949

#D5C949 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.146 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C949
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -10.75, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 63.84, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.0352 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.146 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.5318, 56.4024, 14.5797)
Luminance	0.5640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C949 #4955D5

analogous

#D58349 #D5C949 #9BD549

triadic

#D5C949 #49D5C9 #C949D5

tetradic

#D5C949 #49D583 #4955D5 #D5499B

square

#D5C949 #49D583 #4955D5 #D5499B

split-complementary

#D5C949 #499BD5 #8349D5

monochromatic

#857C1F #B7AB2A #D5C949 #E0D87B #ECE7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D5C949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#D5C949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C949

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C949	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.146 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d982',
    500: '#d5c949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c949;
$custom-light: #e5d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82254,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C949

secondary

#373E8C

accent

#50E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C949

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

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