#D7D42E#D7D42E

#D7D42E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.172 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D7D42E
RGB	rgb(215, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 78.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -16.63, 75.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 76.88, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0544 0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.172 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.0630, 61.7330, 11.7574)
Luminance	0.6173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D7D42E #2E31D7

analogous

#D77F2E #D7D42E #85D72E

triadic

#D7D42E #2ED7D4 #D42ED7

tetradic

#D7D42E #2ED77F #2E31D7 #D72E85

square

#D7D42E #2ED77F #2E31D7 #D72E85

split-complementary

#D7D42E #2E85D7 #7F2ED7

monochromatic

#747316 #A8A520 #D7D42E #E1DF61 #EBE995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#D7D42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#D7D42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D7D42E

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D7D42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D7D42E	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d7d42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(215, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.172 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e076',
    500: '#d7d42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d7d42e;
$custom-light: #e8e076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d7d42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 215,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.935,
    "s": 67.871,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84578,
    "c": 0.1716,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D7D42E

secondary

#2C2E7D

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF1

border

#D6D5CB

text

#171509

muted

#85847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D7D42E

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

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