#D5CD40#D5CD40

#D5CD40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.156 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD40
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.84, -13.25, 67.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.84, 68.68, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.0432 0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.156 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1993, 58.1807, 13.4352)
Luminance	0.5818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD40 #4048D5

analogous

#D58340 #D5CD40 #92D540

triadic

#D5CD40 #40D5CD #CD40D5

tetradic

#D5CD40 #40D583 #4048D5 #D54092

square

#D5CD40 #40D583 #4048D5 #D54092

split-complementary

#D5CD40 #4092D5 #8340D5

monochromatic

#7F791C #B1A927 #D5CD40 #E0DA72 #EBE7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D5CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D5CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD40

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD40	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.156 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6db7e',
    500: '#d5cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd40;
$custom-light: #e6db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.779,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83027,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD40

secondary

#333886

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD40

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

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