#D5CE40#D5CE40

#D5CE40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.157 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CE40
RGB	rgb(213, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -13.75, 67.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 69.04, 101.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0446 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.157 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4392, 58.6607, 13.5152)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CE40 #4047D5

analogous

#D58440 #D5CE40 #92D540

triadic

#D5CE40 #40D5CE #CE40D5

tetradic

#D5CE40 #40D584 #4047D5 #D54092

square

#D5CE40 #40D584 #4047D5 #D54092

split-complementary

#D5CE40 #4092D5 #8440D5

monochromatic

#7F7A1C #B1AA27 #D5CE40 #E0DB72 #EBE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#D5CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CE40

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CE40	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.157 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6dc7e',
    500: '#d5ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ce40;
$custom-light: #e6dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.181,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83239,
    "c": 0.15679,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CE40

secondary

#333786

accent

#49E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150A

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CE40

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

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