#D5CD5B#D5CD5B

#D5CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; 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	#D5CD5B
RGB	rgb(213, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 57.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -11.60, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 57.73, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.27% -0.0357 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(83.27% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.1619, 58.5658, 18.5048)
Luminance	0.5856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CD5B #5B63D5

analogous

#D5905B #D5CD5B #A0D55B

triadic

#D5CD5B #5BD5CD #CD5BD5

tetradic

#D5CD5B #5BD590 #5B63D5 #D55BA0

square

#D5CD5B #5BD590 #5B63D5 #D55BA0

split-complementary

#D5CD5B #5BA0D5 #905BD5

monochromatic

#918A25 #C1B832 #D5CD5B #E1DC8C #EEEBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D5CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CD5B

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CD5B	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)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8d',
    500: '#d5cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5cd5b;
$custom-light: #e5dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83265,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CD5B

secondary

#3E4496

accent

#50E245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CD5B

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

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