#D7D040#D7D040
#D7D040 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.158 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #D7D040 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(215, 208, 64) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 65%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 70%, 84%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 3.3%, 70.2%, 15.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.80, -13.91, 68.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.80, 69.79, 101.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.83% -0.0452 0.1518) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.83% 0.158 106.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.5076, 59.9308, 13.7041) |
| Luminance | 0.5993 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 3.15
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 3.55
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.27
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.46
Ugly Yellow
#D0C101
ΔE00 4.66
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.99
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#D7D040 #4047D7
analogous
#D78540 #D7D040 #92D740
triadic
#D7D040 #40D7D0 #D040D7
tetradic
#D7D040 #40D785 #4047D7 #D74092
square
#D7D040 #40D785 #4047D7 #D74092
split-complementary
#D7D040 #4092D7 #8540D7
monochromatic
#817D1B #B4AD26 #D7D040 #E2DC73 #ECE9A5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.62
#D7D040 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.99
#D7D040 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #D7D040
12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##D7D040 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##D7D040 | 1.00 | 1.62 | 12.99 | 12.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.62 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E2C828
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CE4A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E7C2B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CBCBCB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #d7d040; /* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 208, 64); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.158 106.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e7de7e',
500: '#d7d040',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #d7d040; $custom-light: #e7de7e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#d7d040",
"rgb": {
"r": 215,
"g": 208,
"b": 64
},
"hsl": {
"h": 57.219,
"s": 65.368,
"l": 54.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83833,
"c": 0.15838,
"h": 106.6
},
"luminance": 0.59929
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#D7D040
secondary
#333788
accent
#47E83F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFCF2
border
#D6D5CC
text
#16150A
muted
#85847D