#D5D042#D5D042

#D5D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.157 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D042
RGB	rgb(213, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.65, -14.65, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.65, 69.03, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0469 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.157 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9817, 59.6529, 13.9819)
Luminance	0.5965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D042 #4247D5

analogous

#D58642 #D5D042 #91D542

triadic

#D5D042 #42D5D0 #D042D5

tetradic

#D5D042 #42D586 #4247D5 #D54291

square

#D5D042 #42D586 #4247D5 #D54291

split-complementary

#D5D042 #4291D5 #8642D5

monochromatic

#807D1C #B2AD28 #D5D042 #E0DC74 #EBE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D5D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#D5D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D042

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D042	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.157 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de7f',
    500: '#d5d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d042;
$custom-light: #e5de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.959,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83677,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D042

secondary

#343787

accent

#47E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D042

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

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