#D5D557#D5D557

#D5D557 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.147 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D557
RGB	rgb(213, 213, 87)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(60, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 59.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.14, -15.89, 60.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.14, 62.66, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0483 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.147 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9567, 62.4242, 18.2744)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D557 #5757D5

analogous

#D59657 #D5D557 #96D557

triadic

#D5D557 #57D5D5 #D557D5

tetradic

#D5D557 #57D596 #5757D5 #D55796

square

#D5D557 #57D596 #5757D5 #D55796

split-complementary

#D5D557 #5796D5 #9657D5

monochromatic

#8E8E24 #BFBF30 #D5D557 #E1E188 #EDEDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#D5D557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48

#D5D557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D557

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D557	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 213, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.147 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e18b',
    500: '#d5d557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d557;
$custom-light: #e5e18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84915,
    "c": 0.14708,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D557

secondary

#3C3C94

accent

#45E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D557

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

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