#D3C542#D3C542

#D3C542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C542
RGB	rgb(211, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -9.94, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 65.09, 98.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0336 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8156, 54.1767, 13.0917)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C542 #4250D3

analogous

#D37D42 #D3C542 #99D342

triadic

#D3C542 #42D3C5 #C542D3

tetradic

#D3C542 #42D37D #4250D3 #D34299

square

#D3C542 #42D37D #4250D3 #D34299

split-complementary

#D3C542 #4299D3 #7D42D3

monochromatic

#7D741D #AFA229 #D3C542 #DFD474 #EAE3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#D3C542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#D3C542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C542

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C542	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d67e',
    500: '#d3c542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c542;
$custom-light: #e4d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81181,
    "c": 0.14756,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C542

secondary

#343C85

accent

#52E542

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C542

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

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