#D4CE42#D4CE42

#D4CE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.156 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4CE42
RGB	rgb(212, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.04, -14.07, 66.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.04, 68.29, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% -0.0453 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.156 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.2080, 58.5347, 13.8068)
Luminance	0.5853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4CE42 #4248D4

analogous

#D48542 #D4CE42 #91D442

triadic

#D4CE42 #42D4CE #CE42D4

tetradic

#D4CE42 #42D485 #4248D4 #D44291

square

#D4CE42 #42D485 #4248D4 #D44291

split-complementary

#D4CE42 #4291D4 #8542D4

monochromatic

#7F7B1D #B1AB28 #D4CE42 #DFDB74 #EBE8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#D4CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#D4CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4CE42

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4CE42	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.156 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5dc7f',
    500: '#d4ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ce42;
$custom-light: #e5dc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83168,
    "c": 0.15565,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4CE42

secondary

#343786

accent

#49E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4CE42

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

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