#D8CF42#D8CF42

#D8CF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.156 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8CF42
RGB	rgb(216, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -12.89, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 68.74, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(83.72% -0.0422 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(83.72% 0.156 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.6171, 59.6198, 13.9420)
Luminance	0.5962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8CF42 #424BD8

analogous

#D88442 #D8CF42 #96D842

triadic

#D8CF42 #42D8CF #CF42D8

tetradic

#D8CF42 #42D884 #424BD8 #D84296

square

#D8CF42 #42D884 #424BD8 #D84296

split-complementary

#D8CF42 #4296D8 #8442D8

monochromatic

#847E1B #B7AE26 #D8CF42 #E2DC75 #EDE9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D8CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#D8CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8CF42

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8CF42	1.00	1.62	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.156 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dd7f',
    500: '#d8cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8cf42;
$custom-light: #e8dd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83722,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8CF42

secondary

#33398B

accent

#49E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8CF42

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

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