#D4D042#D4D042

#D4D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.158 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D042
RGB	rgb(212, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.57, -15.07, 67.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.57, 69.02, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(83.59% -0.0481 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.59% 0.158 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6925, 59.5038, 13.9683)
Luminance	0.5950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D042 #4246D4

analogous

#D48742 #D4D042 #8FD442

triadic

#D4D042 #42D4D0 #D042D4

tetradic

#D4D042 #42D487 #4246D4 #D4428F

square

#D4D042 #42D487 #4246D4 #D4428F

split-complementary

#D4D042 #428FD4 #8742D4

monochromatic

#7F7C1D #B1AD28 #D4D042 #DFDC74 #EBE9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#D4D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#D4D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D042

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D042	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.158 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5de7f',
    500: '#d4d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d042;
$custom-light: #e5de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.356,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83592,
    "c": 0.15755,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D042

secondary

#343686

accent

#46E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D042

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

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