#D5C962#D5C962

#D5C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C962
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 54%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -9.03, 52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 53.00, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0275 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.5334, 56.8030, 19.8551)
Luminance	0.5680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C962 #626ED5

analogous

#D58F62 #D5C962 #A7D562

triadic

#D5C962 #62D5C9 #C962D5

tetradic

#D5C962 #62D58F #626ED5 #D562A7

square

#D5C962 #62D58F #626ED5 #D562A7

split-complementary

#D5C962 #62A7D5 #8F62D5

monochromatic

#958928 #C5B635 #D5C962 #E2DA92 #EFEAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D5C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#D5C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C962

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C962	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d991',
    500: '#d5c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c962;
$custom-light: #e4d991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 57.789,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82506,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C962

secondary

#414B9A

accent

#31C520

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C962

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →