#D8EA42#D8EA42

#D8EA42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.183 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D8EA42
RGB	rgb(216, 234, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 80%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.85, -26.06, 74.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.85, 78.97, 109.27°)
OKLab	oklab(89.49% -0.079 0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(89.49% 0.183 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.7267, 73.8389, 16.3119)
Luminance	0.7384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D8EA42 #5442EA

analogous

#EAA842 #D8EA42 #84EA42

triadic

#D8EA42 #42D8EA #EA42D8

tetradic

#D8EA42 #42EAA8 #5442EA #EA4284

square

#D8EA42 #42EAA8 #5442EA #EA4284

split-complementary

#D8EA42 #4284EA #A842EA

monochromatic

#91A012 #C2D718 #D8EA42 #E3F079 #EFF6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#D8EA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.77

#D8EA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D8EA42

15.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D8EA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D8EA42	1.00	1.33	15.77	15.77
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FADE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E6DDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d8ea42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(216, 234, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.183 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8f082',
    500: '#d8ea42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d8ea42;
$custom-light: #e8f082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d8ea42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 216,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89492,
    "c": 0.18301,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D8EA42

secondary

#3A2EA2

accent

#31F646

background

#FFFFFB

surface

#FEFEF2

border

#D6D6CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85857E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D8EA42

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

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