#D5CD50#D5CD50
#D5CD50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.145 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D5CD50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(213, 205, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 61%, 57%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 62%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 62.4%, 16.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.95, -12.35, 61.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.95, 62.45, 101.41°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.16% -0.039 0.1393) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.16% 0.145 105.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.7217, 58.3897, 16.1864) |
| Luminance | 0.5839 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 4.55
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.69
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.89
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 5.05
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 5.34
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 5.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D5CD50 #5058D5
analogous
#D58B50 #D5CD50 #9AD550
triadic
#D5CD50 #50D5CD #CD50D5
tetradic
#D5CD50 #50D58B #5058D5 #D5509A
square
#D5CD50 #50D58B #5058D5 #D5509A
split-complementary
#D5CD50 #509AD5 #8B50D5
monochromatic
#8A8321 #BBB22D #D5CD50 #E1DB81 #EDE9B3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.66
#D5CD50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.68
#D5CD50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D5CD50
12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D5CD50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D5CD50 | 1.00 | 1.66 | 12.68 | 12.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.66 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC641
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1CC57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E4C0B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d5cd50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.145 105.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e5dc87',
500: '#d5cd50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d5cd50; $custom-light: #e5dc87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d5cd50",
"rgb": {
"r": 213,
"g": 205,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.391,
"s": 61.29,
"l": 57.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83157,
"c": 0.14461,
"h": 105.6
},
"luminance": 0.58388
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D5CD50
secondary
#393F90
accent
#4DE443
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FDFBF3
border
#D5D4CD
text
#16150C
muted
#84847F