#D5CD3B#D5CD3B

#D5CD3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.159 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD3B
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 59)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 72.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -13.48, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 70.45, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.0443 0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.159 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0633, 58.1264, 12.7192)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD3B #3B43D5

analogous

#D5803B #D5CD3B #90D53B

triadic

#D5CD3B #3BD5CD #CD3BD5

tetradic

#D5CD3B #3BD580 #3B43D5 #D53B90

square

#D5CD3B #3BD580 #3B43D5 #D53B90

split-complementary

#D5CD3B #3B90D5 #803BD5

monochromatic

#7B761A #AEA725 #D5CD3B #E0DA6D #EBE7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D5CD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#D5CD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD3B

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD3B	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.159 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7b',
    500: '#d5cd3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd3b;
$custom-light: #e6db7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.883,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82994,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD3B

secondary

#313683

accent

#49E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD3B

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

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