#D5D855#D5D855

#D5D855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.152 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D855
RGB	rgb(213, 216, 85)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -17.51, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 64.72, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0531 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.152 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6377, 63.9151, 18.1039)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D855 #5855D8

analogous

#D89A55 #D5D855 #94D855

triadic

#D5D855 #55D5D8 #D855D5

tetradic

#D5D855 #55D89A #5855D8 #D85594

square

#D5D855 #55D89A #5855D8 #D85594

split-complementary

#D5D855 #5594D8 #9A55D8

monochromatic

#8F9121 #C0C32D #D5D855 #E1E387 #EEEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D5D855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#D5D855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D855

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D855	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 216, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.152 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e38a',
    500: '#d5d855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d855;
$custom-light: #e5e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.374,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D855

secondary

#3D3B96

accent

#42E646

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D855

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

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