#D5CD55#D5CD55

#D5CD55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD55
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -12.02, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 60.34, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0375 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.141 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.9133, 58.4664, 17.1958)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD55 #555DD5

analogous

#D58D55 #D5CD55 #9DD555

triadic

#D5CD55 #55D5CD #CD55D5

tetradic

#D5CD55 #55D58D #555DD5 #D5559D

square

#D5CD55 #55D58D #555DD5 #D5559D

split-complementary

#D5CD55 #559DD5 #8D55D5

monochromatic

#8D8623 #BEB52F #D5CD55 #E1DB86 #EDEAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#D5CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD55

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD55	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8a',
    500: '#d5cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd55;
$custom-light: #e5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83204,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD55

secondary

#3C4193

accent

#4EE444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD55

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

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