#D4C042#D4C042

#D4C042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C042
RGB	rgb(212, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -6.96, 63.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 63.50, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0251 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9865, 52.0918, 12.7330)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C042 #4256D4

analogous

#D47742 #D4C042 #9FD442

triadic

#D4C042 #42D4C0 #C042D4

tetradic

#D4C042 #42D477 #4256D4 #D4429F

square

#D4C042 #42D477 #4256D4 #D4429F

split-complementary

#D4C042 #429FD4 #7742D4

monochromatic

#7F711D #B19E28 #D4C042 #DFD174 #EBE1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D4C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#D4C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C042

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C042	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B2A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d27d',
    500: '#d4c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c042;
$custom-light: #e5d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.781,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80226,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C042

secondary

#343F86

accent

#58E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C042

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

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