#D5CE59#D5CE59

#D5CE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.138 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5CE59
RGB	rgb(213, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -12.25, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 59.00, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.46% -0.0377 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.46% 0.138 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3167, 59.0117, 18.1365)
Luminance	0.5901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5CE59 #5960D5

analogous

#D59059 #D5CE59 #9ED559

triadic

#D5CE59 #59D5CE #CE59D5

tetradic

#D5CE59 #59D590 #5960D5 #D5599E

square

#D5CE59 #59D590 #5960D5 #D5599E

split-complementary

#D5CE59 #599ED5 #9059D5

monochromatic

#8F8924 #C0B831 #D5CE59 #E1DC8A #EEEBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#D5CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#D5CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5CE59

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5CE59	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.138 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc8c',
    500: '#d5ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5ce59;
$custom-light: #e5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83455,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5CE59

secondary

#3D4295

accent

#4EE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5CE59

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

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