#D4CC42#D4CC42

#D4CC42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.154 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CC42
RGB	rgb(212, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -13.07, 66.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 67.57, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.0424 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.154 106)
XYZ	xyz(49.7295, 57.5779, 13.6473)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CC42 #424AD4

analogous

#D48342 #D4CC42 #93D442

triadic

#D4CC42 #42D4CC #CC42D4

tetradic

#D4CC42 #42D483 #424AD4 #D44293

square

#D4CC42 #42D483 #424AD4 #D44293

split-complementary

#D4CC42 #4293D4 #8342D4

monochromatic

#7F791D #B1A928 #D4CC42 #DFD974 #EBE7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D4CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#D4CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CC42

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CC42	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.154 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5db7f',
    500: '#d4cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4cc42;
$custom-light: #e5db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.712,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.15378,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.57576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CC42

secondary

#343986

accent

#4BE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CC42

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

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