#D5C950#D5C950

#D5C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.141 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C950
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -10.33, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 60.97, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.32% -0.0332 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(82.32% 0.141 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.7770, 56.5005, 15.8715)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C950 #505CD5

analogous

#D58650 #D5C950 #9FD550

triadic

#D5C950 #50D5C9 #C950D5

tetradic

#D5C950 #50D586 #505CD5 #D5509F

square

#D5C950 #50D586 #505CD5 #D5509F

split-complementary

#D5C950 #509FD5 #8650D5

monochromatic

#8A8021 #BBAE2D #D5C950 #E1D881 #EDE7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D5C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D5C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C950

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C950	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.141 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d986',
    500: '#d5c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c950;
$custom-light: #e5d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.586,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82316,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C950

secondary

#394190

accent

#52E443

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C950

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

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