#D8E042#D8E042

#D8E042 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.173 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8E042
RGB	rgb(216, 224, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.5%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.16, -21.27, 71.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.16, 75.03, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.34% -0.0657 0.1596)
OKLCH	oklch(87.34% 0.173 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9597, 68.3049, 15.3895)
Luminance	0.6830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8E042 #4A42E0

analogous

#E09942 #D8E042 #89E042

triadic

#D8E042 #42D8E0 #E042D8

tetradic

#D8E042 #42E099 #4A42E0 #E04289

square

#D8E042 #42E099 #4A42E0 #E04289

split-complementary

#D8E042 #4289E0 #9942E0

monochromatic

#8A9018 #BCC520 #D8E042 #E3E977 #EEF1AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#D8E042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.66

#D8E042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8E042

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8E042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8E042	1.00	1.43	14.66	14.66
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1D94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E7D3C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8e042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 224, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.173 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8e981',
    500: '#d8e042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8e042;
$custom-light: #e8e981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8e042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.038,
    "s": 71.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87337,
    "c": 0.17261,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8E042

secondary

#363195

accent

#39EF42

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#16160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8E042

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

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