#D8DD42#D8DD42

#D8DD42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.170 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8DD42
RGB	rgb(216, 221, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 70.1%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -19.82, 71.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 73.88, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(86.7% -0.0616 0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(86.7% 0.17 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1605, 66.7066, 15.1232)
Luminance	0.6671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8DD42 #4742DD

analogous

#DD9442 #D8DD42 #8BDD42

triadic

#D8DD42 #42D8DD #DD42D8

tetradic

#D8DD42 #42DD94 #4742DD #DD428B

square

#D8DD42 #42DD94 #4742DD #DD428B

split-complementary

#D8DD42 #428BDD #9442DD

monochromatic

#888C19 #BABF22 #D8DD42 #E3E676 #EDF0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#D8DD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#D8DD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8DD42

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8DD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8DD42	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7CFBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8dd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 221, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.170 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e780',
    500: '#d8dd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8dd42;
$custom-light: #e8e780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8dd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.935,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86695,
    "c": 0.16956,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8DD42

secondary

#353291

accent

#3BEC41

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8DD42

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

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