#D4D242#D4D242

#D4D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.159 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4D242
RGB	rgb(212, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.9%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -16.06, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 69.75, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.02% -0.0509 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(84.02% 0.159 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1832, 60.4852, 14.1319)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4D242 #4244D4

analogous

#D48942 #D4D242 #8DD442

triadic

#D4D242 #42D4D2 #D242D4

tetradic

#D4D242 #42D489 #4244D4 #D4428D

square

#D4D242 #42D489 #4244D4 #D4428D

split-complementary

#D4D242 #428DD4 #8942D4

monochromatic

#7F7D1D #B1AF28 #D4D242 #DFDE74 #EBEAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D4D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#D4D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4D242

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4D242	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.159 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df7f',
    500: '#d4d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4d242;
$custom-light: #e5df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.178,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84018,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4D242

secondary

#343586

accent

#44E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4D242

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

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