#D5D955#D5D955

#D5D955 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.153 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D955
RGB	rgb(213, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(62, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.8%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -18.00, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 65.13, 106.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0544 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.153 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.8946, 64.4290, 18.1896)
Luminance	0.6443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D955 #5955D9

analogous

#D99B55 #D5D955 #93D955

triadic

#D5D955 #55D5D9 #D955D5

tetradic

#D5D955 #55D99B #5955D9 #D95593

square

#D5D955 #55D99B #5955D9 #D95593

split-complementary

#D5D955 #5593D9 #9B55D9

monochromatic

#8F9321 #C0C52C #D5D955 #E1E487 #EEEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#D5D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#D5D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D955

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D955	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.153 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5e48a',
    500: '#d5d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d955;
$custom-light: #e5e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85748,
    "c": 0.15288,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D955

secondary

#3D3A98

accent

#41E646

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D955

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

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