#D5D540#D5D540

#D5D540 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.163 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D540
RGB	rgb(213, 213, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.97, -17.23, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.97, 71.58, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0544 0.1542)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.163 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.1621, 62.1063, 14.0895)
Luminance	0.6210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D540 #4040D5

analogous

#D58B40 #D5D540 #8BD540

triadic

#D5D540 #40D5D5 #D540D5

tetradic

#D5D540 #40D58B #4040D5 #D5408B

square

#D5D540 #40D58B #4040D5 #D5408B

split-complementary

#D5D540 #408BD5 #8B40D5

monochromatic

#7F7F1C #B1B127 #D5D540 #E0E072 #EBEBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D5D540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.42

#D5D540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D540

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D540	1.00	1.56	13.42	13.42
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 213, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.163 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e17e',
    500: '#d5d540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d540;
$custom-light: #e6e17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84727,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D540

secondary

#333386

accent

#41E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D540

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

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