#D5D856#D5D856

#D5D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.151 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D856
RGB	rgb(213, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.93, -17.44, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.93, 64.30, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0528 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.151 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6777, 63.9311, 18.3146)
Luminance	0.6393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D856 #5956D8

analogous

#D89A56 #D5D856 #94D856

triadic

#D5D856 #56D5D8 #D856D5

tetradic

#D5D856 #56D89A #5956D8 #D85694

square

#D5D856 #56D89A #5956D8 #D85694

split-complementary

#D5D856 #5694D8 #9A56D8

monochromatic

#8F9222 #C0C42D #D5D856 #E1E388 #EEEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D5D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.79

#D5D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D856

13.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D856	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)

#E8CF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.151 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e38b',
    500: '#d5d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d856;
$custom-light: #e5e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.385,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85544,
    "c": 0.15104,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D856

secondary

#3D3B97

accent

#42E646

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D856

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

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