#D3C242#D3C242

#D3C242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C242
RGB	rgb(211, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.1%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -8.41, 63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 64.09, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0292 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.145 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1412, 52.8278, 12.8669)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C242 #4253D3

analogous

#D37A42 #D3C242 #9BD342

triadic

#D3C242 #42D3C2 #C242D3

tetradic

#D3C242 #42D37A #4253D3 #D3429B

square

#D3C242 #42D37A #4253D3 #D3429B

split-complementary

#D3C242 #429BD3 #7A42D3

monochromatic

#7D721D #AF9F29 #D3C242 #DFD274 #EAE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D3C242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#D3C242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C242

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C242	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d47e',
    500: '#d3c242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c242;
$custom-light: #e4d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C242

secondary

#343E85

accent

#56E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C242

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

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