#D5D255#D5D255

#D5D255 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.146 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D255
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 85)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -14.53, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 62.29, 103.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0446 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.146 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1285, 60.8967, 17.6009)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D255 #5558D5

analogous

#D59255 #D5D255 #98D555

triadic

#D5D255 #55D5D2 #D255D5

tetradic

#D5D255 #55D592 #5558D5 #D55598

square

#D5D255 #55D592 #5558D5 #D55598

split-complementary

#D5D255 #5598D5 #9255D5

monochromatic

#8D8A23 #BEBB2F #D5D255 #E1DF86 #EDECB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D5D255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#D5D255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D255

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D255	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.146 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8a',
    500: '#d5d255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d255;
$custom-light: #e5df8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8426,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D255

secondary

#3C3E93

accent

#48E444

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D255

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

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