#D5CD59#D5CD59

#D5CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.137 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD59
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, -11.74, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 58.61, 101.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0363 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.137 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0767, 58.5317, 18.0565)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD59 #5961D5

analogous

#D58F59 #D5CD59 #9FD559

triadic

#D5CD59 #59D5CD #CD59D5

tetradic

#D5CD59 #59D58F #5961D5 #D5599F

square

#D5CD59 #59D58F #5961D5 #D5599F

split-complementary

#D5CD59 #599FD5 #8F59D5

monochromatic

#8F8824 #C0B731 #D5CD59 #E1DC8A #EEEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D5CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD59

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD59	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.137 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8c',
    500: '#d5cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd59;
$custom-light: #e5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83244,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD59

secondary

#3D4395

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD59

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

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