#D5CD42#D5CD42

#D5CD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.155 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD42
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.85, -13.15, 66.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.85, 67.95, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.0427 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.155 106)
XYZ	xyz(50.2572, 58.2039, 13.7404)
Luminance	0.5820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD42 #424AD5

analogous

#D58442 #D5CD42 #93D542

triadic

#D5CD42 #42D5CD #CD42D5

tetradic

#D5CD42 #42D584 #424AD5 #D54293

square

#D5CD42 #42D584 #424AD5 #D54293

split-complementary

#D5CD42 #4293D5 #8442D5

monochromatic

#807B1C #B2AB28 #D5CD42 #E0DA74 #EBE7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#D5CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#D5CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD42

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD42	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)

#DEC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.155 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db7f',
    500: '#d5cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd42;
$custom-light: #e5db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.735,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83042,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.58202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD42

secondary

#343887

accent

#4AE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD42

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

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