#D4D221#D4D221

#D4D221 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.175 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D221
RGB	rgb(212, 210, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 84.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -17.29, 77.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 79.36, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0569 0.1659)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.175 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.4746, 60.2017, 10.3998)
Luminance	0.6020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D221 #2123D4

analogous

#D47921 #D4D221 #7CD421

triadic

#D4D221 #21D4D2 #D221D4

tetradic

#D4D221 #21D479 #2123D4 #D4217C

square

#D4D221 #21D479 #2123D4 #D4217C

split-complementary

#D4D221 #217CD4 #7921D4

monochromatic

#6A6911 #9F9E19 #D4D221 #E4E24F #ECEB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D4D221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#D4D221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D221

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D221	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4C900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CE34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 210, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.175 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6df71',
    500: '#d4d221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d221;
$custom-light: #e6df71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.33,
    "s": 73.061,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83846,
    "c": 0.17535,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D221

secondary

#252674

accent

#3AF038

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF1

border

#D6D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D221

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

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