#D5D596#D5D596

#D5D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.082 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D596
RGB	rgb(213, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(60, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(60, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -9.74, 31.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 32.72, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0253 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.082 108)
XYZ	xyz(56.7401, 63.9375, 38.2004)
Luminance	0.6394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D596 #9696D5

analogous

#D5B596 #D5D596 #B5D596

triadic

#D5D596 #96D5D5 #D596D5

tetradic

#D5D596 #96D5B5 #9696D5 #D596B5

square

#D5D596 #96D5B5 #9696D5 #D596B5

split-complementary

#D5D596 #96B5D5 #B596D5

monochromatic

#ACAC45 #C4C46A #D5D596 #E6E6C2 #F6F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D5D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#D5D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D596

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D596	1.00	1.52	13.79	13.79
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFD092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DECDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.082 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2e1b5',
    500: '#d5d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d596;
$custom-light: #e2e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85806,
    "c": 0.08198,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.63937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D596

secondary

#6464AB

accent

#30B630

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFCF8

border

#D5D5D1

text

#151511

muted

#848481

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D596

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

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