#D5D542#D5D542

#D5D542 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.162 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D542
RGB	rgb(213, 213, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.98, -17.13, 68.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.98, 70.88, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(84.74% -0.0539 0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(84.74% 0.162 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.2200, 62.1295, 14.3946)
Luminance	0.6213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D542 #4242D5

analogous

#D58C42 #D5D542 #8CD542

triadic

#D5D542 #42D5D5 #D542D5

tetradic

#D5D542 #42D58C #4242D5 #D5428C

square

#D5D542 #42D58C #4242D5 #D5428C

split-complementary

#D5D542 #428CD5 #8C42D5

monochromatic

#80801C #B2B228 #D5D542 #E0E074 #EBEBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D5D542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.43

#D5D542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D542

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D542	1.00	1.56	13.43	13.43
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 213, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.162 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e17f',
    500: '#d5d542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d542;
$custom-light: #e5e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84741,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D542

secondary

#343487

accent

#41E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D542

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

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