#D5C951#D5C951

#D5C951 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.140 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C951
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -10.26, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 60.54, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0329 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.14 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8143, 56.5154, 16.0676)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C951 #515DD5

analogous

#D58751 #D5C951 #9FD551

triadic

#D5C951 #51D5C9 #C951D5

tetradic

#D5C951 #51D587 #515DD5 #D5519F

square

#D5C951 #51D587 #515DD5 #D5519F

split-complementary

#D5C951 #519FD5 #8751D5

monochromatic

#8A8121 #BCAF2D #D5C951 #E1D882 #EDE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#D5C951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#D5C951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C951

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C951	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)

#DAC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.140 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d987',
    500: '#d5c951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c951;
$custom-light: #e5d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82325,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C951

secondary

#3A4290

accent

#52E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C951

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

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