#D6DE42#D6DE42

#D6DE42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.171 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D6DE42
RGB	rgb(214, 222, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -21.13, 71.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 74.30, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0651 0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.171 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.8379, 66.9333, 15.1839)
Luminance	0.6693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D6DE42 #4A42DE

analogous

#DE9842 #D6DE42 #88DE42

triadic

#D6DE42 #42D6DE #DE42D6

tetradic

#D6DE42 #42DE98 #4A42DE #DE4288

square

#D6DE42 #42DE98 #4A42DE #DE4288

split-complementary

#D6DE42 #4288DE #9842DE

monochromatic

#878D19 #B9C122 #D6DE42 #E1E776 #EDF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D6DE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#D6DE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D6DE42

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D6DE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D6DE42	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4D1C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d6de42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(214, 222, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.171 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6e880',
    500: '#d6de42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d6de42;
$custom-light: #e6e880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d6de42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 214,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86749,
    "c": 0.17106,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D6DE42

secondary

#373292

accent

#3BED44

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D6DE42

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

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