#D5DD42#D5DD42

#D5DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.170 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5DD42
RGB	rgb(213, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -21.05, 70.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 73.93, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(86.45% -0.0649 0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(86.45% 0.17 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2821, 66.2536, 15.0820)
Luminance	0.6625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5DD42 #4A42DD

analogous

#DD9842 #D5DD42 #88DD42

triadic

#D5DD42 #42D5DD #DD42D5

tetradic

#D5DD42 #42DD98 #4A42DD #DD4288

square

#D5DD42 #42DD98 #4A42DD #DD4288

split-complementary

#D5DD42 #4288DD #9842DD

monochromatic

#868C19 #B7BF22 #D5DD42 #E1E676 #ECF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#D5DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#D5DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5DD42

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5DD42	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3D0BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.170 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e780',
    500: '#d5dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5dd42;
$custom-light: #e6e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.097,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86454,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5DD42

secondary

#373291

accent

#3BEC45

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5DD42

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

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