#D5CA40#D5CA40

#D5CA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.153 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CA40
RGB	rgb(213, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.04, -11.74, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.04, 67.64, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0389 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.153 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4885, 56.7593, 13.1983)
Luminance	0.5676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CA40 #404BD5

analogous

#D57F40 #D5CA40 #96D540

triadic

#D5CA40 #40D5CA #CA40D5

tetradic

#D5CA40 #40D57F #404BD5 #D54096

square

#D5CA40 #40D57F #404BD5 #D54096

split-complementary

#D5CA40 #4096D5 #7F40D5

monochromatic

#7F771C #B1A727 #D5CA40 #E0D872 #EBE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D5CA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#D5CA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CA40

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CA40	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.153 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d97d',
    500: '#d5ca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ca40;
$custom-light: #e6d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.57,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82394,
    "c": 0.15314,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CA40

secondary

#333986

accent

#4DE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CA40

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

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