#D5D256#D5D256

#D5D256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.145 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D256
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.33, -14.46, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.33, 61.87, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(84.27% -0.0443 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(84.27% 0.145 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.1685, 60.9127, 17.8116)
Luminance	0.6091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D256 #5659D5

analogous

#D59256 #D5D256 #98D556

triadic

#D5D256 #56D5D2 #D256D5

tetradic

#D5D256 #56D592 #5659D5 #D55698

square

#D5D256 #56D592 #5659D5 #D55698

split-complementary

#D5D256 #5698D5 #9256D5

monochromatic

#8D8B23 #BEBB2F #D5D256 #E1DF87 #EDECB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D5D256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#D5D256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D256

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D256	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)

#E2CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.145 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8b',
    500: '#d5d256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d256;
$custom-light: #e5df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84269,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D256

secondary

#3C3E93

accent

#48E344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D256

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

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