#D5CD56#D5CD56

#D5CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.140 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD56
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.01, -11.95, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.01, 59.91, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0372 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.14 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9533, 58.4824, 17.4065)
Luminance	0.5848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD56 #565ED5

analogous

#D58D56 #D5CD56 #9DD556

triadic

#D5CD56 #56D5CD #CD56D5

tetradic

#D5CD56 #56D58D #565ED5 #D5569D

square

#D5CD56 #56D58D #565ED5 #D5569D

split-complementary

#D5CD56 #569DD5 #8D56D5

monochromatic

#8D8723 #BEB52F #D5CD56 #E1DC87 #EDEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#D5CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD56

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD56	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.140 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8a',
    500: '#d5cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd56;
$custom-light: #e5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83214,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD56

secondary

#3C4193

accent

#4EE344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD56

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

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