#D1C242#D1C242

#D1C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.145 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1C242
RGB	rgb(209, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -9.26, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 63.97, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0315 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.145 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.5716, 52.5342, 12.8402)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1C242 #4251D1

analogous

#D17B42 #D1C242 #99D142

triadic

#D1C242 #42D1C2 #C242D1

tetradic

#D1C242 #42D17B #4251D1 #D14299

square

#D1C242 #42D17B #4251D1 #D14299

split-complementary

#D1C242 #4299D1 #7B42D1

monochromatic

#7B711E #AC9E2A #D1C242 #DDD273 #E9E2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D1C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#D1C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1C242

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1C242	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.145 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d47e',
    500: '#d1c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1c242;
$custom-light: #e3d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.706,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80372,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1C242

secondary

#353D83

accent

#55E444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1C242

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

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