#D8CA42#D8CA42

#D8CA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.152 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D8CA42
RGBrgb(216, 202, 66)
HSLhsl(54, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.31, -10.37, 66.22)
CIE-LCHlch(80.31, 67.02, 98.90°)
OKLaboklab(82.67% -0.035 0.1475)
OKLCHoklch(82.67% 0.152 103.4)
XYZxyz(50.4249, 57.2354, 13.5446)
Luminance0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D8CA42 #4250D8
analogous
#D87F42 #D8CA42 #9BD842
triadic
#D8CA42 #42D8CA #CA42D8
tetradic
#D8CA42 #42D87F #4250D8 #D8429B
square
#D8CA42 #42D87F #4250D8 #D8429B
split-complementary
#D8CA42 #429BD8 #7F42D8
monochromatic
#847A1B #B7A926 #D8CA42 #E2D875 #EDE6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69
#D8CA42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45
#D8CA42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CA42
12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D8CA42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D8CA421.001.6912.4512.45
#FFFFFF1.691.0021.0021.00
#00000012.4521.001.001.00
##00000012.4521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DCC32D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA4B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E8BCAF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d8ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.152 103.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d97e',
    500: '#d8ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d8ca42;
$custom-light: #e8d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d8ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82672,
    "c": 0.15162,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D8CA42
secondary
#333B8B
accent
#4FE93F
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#17140A
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CA42

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#D8CA42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva