#D5D242#D5D242

#D5D242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.159 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5D242
RGB	rgb(213, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 69%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.18, -15.65, 67.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.18, 69.76, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0497 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.159 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.4724, 60.6343, 14.1454)
Luminance	0.6063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5D242 #4245D5

analogous

#D58942 #D5D242 #8ED542

triadic

#D5D242 #42D5D2 #D242D5

tetradic

#D5D242 #42D589 #4245D5 #D5428E

square

#D5D242 #42D589 #4245D5 #D5428E

split-complementary

#D5D242 #428ED5 #8942D5

monochromatic

#807E1C #B2AF28 #D5D242 #E0DE74 #EBEAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#D5D242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#D5D242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5D242

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5D242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5D242	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5d242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.159 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5df7f',
    500: '#d5d242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5d242;
$custom-light: #e5df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5d242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84102,
    "c": 0.15931,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5D242

secondary

#343687

accent

#45E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5D242

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

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