Ugly Yellow#D0C101

#D0C101 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.168 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Ugly Yellow — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#D0C101
RGB	rgb(208, 193, 1)
HSL	hsl(56, 99%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 100%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 99.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -10.96, 78.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 78.77, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0404 0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.168 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.0901, 51.5541, 7.6046)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0C101 #0110D0

analogous

#D05901 #D0C101 #77D001

triadic

#D0C101 #01D0C1 #C101D0

tetradic

#D0C101 #01D059 #0110D0 #D00177

square

#D0C101 #01D059 #0110D0 #D00177

split-complementary

#D0C101 #0177D0 #5901D0

monochromatic

#565000 #938801 #D0C101 #FEED10 #FEF14D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#D0C101 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#D0C101 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0C101

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0C101	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0C101	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0c101;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 193, 1);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.168 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d367',
    500: '#d0c101',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0c101;
$custom-light: #e3d367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0c101",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 1
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.652,
    "s": 99.043,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.16832,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0C101

secondary

#121863

accent

#38FF29

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF0

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171407

muted

#85837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0C101

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

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