#D5C985#D5C985

#D5C985 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.089 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5C985
RGB	rgb(213, 201, 133)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(51, 38%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 37.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -5.65, 35.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 35.95, 99.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0145 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.089 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5617, 57.6144, 30.5376)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5C985 #8591D5

analogous

#D5A185 #D5C985 #B9D585

triadic

#D5C985 #85D5C9 #C985D5

tetradic

#D5C985 #85D5A1 #8591D5 #D585B9

square

#D5C985 #85D5A1 #8591D5 #D585B9

split-complementary

#D5C985 #85B9D5 #A185D5

monochromatic

#A69639 #C5B557 #D5C985 #E5DDB3 #F4F1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D5C985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#D5C985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5C985

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5C985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5C985	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5c985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 201, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.089 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d9a9',
    500: '#d5c985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5c985;
$custom-light: #e3d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5c985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83015,
    "c": 0.08859,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5C985

secondary

#5461AA

accent

#3FBC29

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF6

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5C985

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

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