#D5D257#D5D257

#D5D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.144 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D257
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.34, -14.40, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.34, 61.45, 103.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.28% -0.044 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.28% 0.144 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2091, 60.9290, 18.0252)
Luminance	0.6093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D257 #575AD5

analogous

#D59357 #D5D257 #99D557

triadic

#D5D257 #57D5D2 #D257D5

tetradic

#D5D257 #57D593 #575AD5 #D55799

square

#D5D257 #57D593 #575AD5 #D55799

split-complementary

#D5D257 #5799D5 #9357D5

monochromatic

#8E8C24 #BFBC30 #D5D257 #E1DF88 #EDECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D5D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#D5D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D257

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D257	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.144 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8b',
    500: '#d5d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d257;
$custom-light: #e5df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84279,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D257

secondary

#3C3E94

accent

#48E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D257

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

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