#D5D859#D5D859

#D5D859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.149 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D859
RGB	rgb(213, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(61, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 58.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -17.24, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 63.05, 105.87°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0519 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.149 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8011, 63.9805, 18.9646)
Luminance	0.6398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D859 #5C59D8

analogous

#D89B59 #D5D859 #96D859

triadic

#D5D859 #59D5D8 #D859D5

tetradic

#D5D859 #59D89B #5C59D8 #D85996

square

#D5D859 #59D89B #5C59D8 #D85996

split-complementary

#D5D859 #5996D8 #9B59D8

monochromatic

#919423 #C2C52E #D5D859 #E2E48B #EEEFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#D5D859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#D5D859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D859

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D859	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8CF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.149 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e38d',
    500: '#d5d859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d859;
$custom-light: #e5e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.417,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85573,
    "c": 0.14862,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D859

secondary

#3F3C99

accent

#43E547

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D859

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

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