#D5CA51#D5CA51

#D5CA51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CA51
RGB	rgb(213, 202, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 62%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -10.77, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 60.91, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.54% -0.0344 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(82.54% 0.141 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.0481, 56.9831, 16.1455)
Luminance	0.5698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CA51 #515CD5

analogous

#D58851 #D5CA51 #9ED551

triadic

#D5CA51 #51D5CA #CA51D5

tetradic

#D5CA51 #51D588 #515CD5 #D5519E

square

#D5CA51 #51D588 #515CD5 #D5519E

split-complementary

#D5CA51 #519ED5 #8851D5

monochromatic

#8A8121 #BCB02D #D5CA51 #E1D982 #EDE8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#D5CA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#D5CA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CA51

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CA51	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ca51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 202, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d987',
    500: '#d5ca51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ca51;
$custom-light: #e5d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ca51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82535,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CA51

secondary

#3A4190

accent

#51E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CA51

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

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