#D5CD5A#D5CD5A

#D5CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.136 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CD5A
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 57.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -11.67, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 58.17, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.036 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1190, 58.5486, 18.2791)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD5A #5A62D5

analogous

#D5905A #D5CD5A #9FD55A

triadic

#D5CD5A #5AD5CD #CD5AD5

tetradic

#D5CD5A #5AD590 #5A62D5 #D55A9F

square

#D5CD5A #5AD590 #5A62D5 #D55A9F

split-complementary

#D5CD5A #5A9FD5 #905AD5

monochromatic

#908925 #C1B731 #D5CD5A #E1DC8B #EEEBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D5CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD5A

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD5A	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)

#DDC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8d',
    500: '#d5cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd5a;
$custom-light: #e5dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83255,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD5A

secondary

#3E4396

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD5A

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

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