#D5CE42#D5CE42

#D5CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.156 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CE42
RGB	rgb(213, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -13.65, 66.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 68.31, 101.53°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0441 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.156 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.4972, 58.6839, 13.8203)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CE42 #4249D5

analogous

#D58542 #D5CE42 #92D542

triadic

#D5CE42 #42D5CE #CE42D5

tetradic

#D5CE42 #42D585 #4249D5 #D54292

square

#D5CE42 #42D585 #4249D5 #D54292

split-complementary

#D5CE42 #4292D5 #8542D5

monochromatic

#807B1C #B2AC28 #D5CE42 #E0DB74 #EBE8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D5CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#D5CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CE42

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CE42	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.156 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc7f',
    500: '#d5ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ce42;
$custom-light: #e5dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83253,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CE42

secondary

#343887

accent

#49E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CE42

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

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