#D1C042#D1C042

#D1C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C042
RGB	rgb(209, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -8.24, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 63.31, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.0286 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1295, 51.6499, 12.6928)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C042 #4253D1

analogous

#D17942 #D1C042 #9BD142

triadic

#D1C042 #42D1C0 #C042D1

tetradic

#D1C042 #42D179 #4253D1 #D1429B

square

#D1C042 #42D179 #4253D1 #D1429B

split-complementary

#D1C042 #429BD1 #7942D1

monochromatic

#7B701E #AC9C2A #D1C042 #DDD073 #E9E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D1C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D1C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C042

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C042	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d27d',
    500: '#d1c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c042;
$custom-light: #e3d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79953,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C042

secondary

#353E83

accent

#57E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C042

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

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