#D1CA42#D1CA42

#D1CA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1CA42
RGB	rgb(209, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -13.32, 65.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 66.78, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.043 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.4002, 56.1914, 13.4497)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1CA42 #4249D1

analogous

#D18342 #D1CA42 #91D142

triadic

#D1CA42 #42D1CA #CA42D1

tetradic

#D1CA42 #42D183 #4249D1 #D14291

square

#D1CA42 #42D183 #4249D1 #D14291

split-complementary

#D1CA42 #4291D1 #8342D1

monochromatic

#7B761E #ACA62A #D1CA42 #DDD873 #E9E6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#D1CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#D1CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1CA42

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1CA42	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3d97e',
    500: '#d1ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1ca42;
$custom-light: #e3d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.063,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82062,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1CA42

secondary

#353883

accent

#4CE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1CA42

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

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