#D5CE38#D5CE38

#D5CE38 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.162 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CE38
RGB	rgb(213, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 73.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.06, -14.11, 70.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.06, 71.80, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.0464 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.162 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2277, 58.5761, 12.4012)
Luminance	0.5857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CE38 #383FD5

analogous

#D58038 #D5CE38 #8DD538

triadic

#D5CE38 #38D5CE #CE38D5

tetradic

#D5CE38 #38D580 #383FD5 #D5388D

square

#D5CE38 #38D580 #383FD5 #D5388D

split-complementary

#D5CE38 #388DD5 #8038D5

monochromatic

#79751A #ACA624 #D5CE38 #E0DA6B #EAE79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D5CE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CE38

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CE38	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)

#E0C618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.162 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc7a',
    500: '#d5ce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ce38;
$custom-light: #e6dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.325,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83187,
    "c": 0.1615,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CE38

secondary

#303481

accent

#47E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CE38

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

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