#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
RGB	rgb(216, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -10.37, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 67.02, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.67% -0.035 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(82.67% 0.152 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.4249, 57.2354, 13.5446)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##D8CA42	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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