#D5CA42#D5CA42

#D5CA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CA42
RGB	rgb(213, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.06, -11.64, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.06, 66.90, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82.41% -0.0385 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(82.41% 0.152 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5465, 56.7824, 13.5034)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CA42 #424DD5

analogous

#D58042 #D5CA42 #97D542

triadic

#D5CA42 #42D5CA #CA42D5

tetradic

#D5CA42 #42D580 #424DD5 #D54297

square

#D5CA42 #42D580 #424DD5 #D54297

split-complementary

#D5CA42 #4297D5 #8042D5

monochromatic

#80791C #B2A828 #D5CA42 #E0D874 #EBE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#D5CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#D5CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CA42

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CA42	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)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d97e',
    500: '#d5ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ca42;
$custom-light: #e5d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.51,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82409,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CA42

secondary

#343A87

accent

#4EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CA42

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

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