#D8D042#D8D042

#D8D042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.157 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8D042
RGB	rgb(216, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 69.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -13.39, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 69.10, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% -0.0436 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.157 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.8602, 60.1059, 14.0230)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8D042 #424AD8

analogous

#D88542 #D8D042 #95D842

triadic

#D8D042 #42D8D0 #D042D8

tetradic

#D8D042 #42D885 #424AD8 #D84295

square

#D8D042 #42D885 #424AD8 #D84295

split-complementary

#D8D042 #4295D8 #8542D8

monochromatic

#847F1B #B7AF26 #D8D042 #E2DD75 #EDE9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#D8D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#D8D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8D042

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8D042	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E8C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.157 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8de7f',
    500: '#d8d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8d042;
$custom-light: #e8de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83933,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8D042

secondary

#33388B

accent

#48E93F

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8D042

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

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