#D5D259#D5D259

#D5D259 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.142 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D259
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 58.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -14.26, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 60.59, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0434 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.142 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2919, 60.9621, 18.4616)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D259 #595CD5

analogous

#D59459 #D5D259 #9AD559

triadic

#D5D259 #59D5D2 #D259D5

tetradic

#D5D259 #59D594 #595CD5 #D5599A

square

#D5D259 #59D594 #595CD5 #D5599A

split-complementary

#D5D259 #599AD5 #9459D5

monochromatic

#8F8D24 #C0BD31 #D5D259 #E1DF8A #EEECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#D5D259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#D5D259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D259

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D259	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)

#E2CA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.142 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df8c',
    500: '#d5d259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d259;
$custom-light: #e5df8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84299,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D259

secondary

#3D3F95

accent

#49E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D259

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

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