#D9CF42#D9CF42

#D9CF42 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.156 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CF42
RGB	rgb(217, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -12.47, 67.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 68.77, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(83.81% -0.041 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.81% 0.156 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.9135, 59.7726, 13.9559)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CF42 #424CD9

analogous

#D98342 #D9CF42 #98D942

triadic

#D9CF42 #42D9CF #CF42D9

tetradic

#D9CF42 #42D983 #424CD9 #D94298

square

#D9CF42 #42D983 #424CD9 #D94298

split-complementary

#D9CF42 #4298D9 #8342D9

monochromatic

#867F1B #B9AF25 #D9CF42 #E3DC75 #EDE9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#D9CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#D9CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CF42

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CF42	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.156 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8dd7f',
    500: '#d9cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9cf42;
$custom-light: #e8dd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.026,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83809,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CF42

secondary

#33398C

accent

#4AE93E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CF42

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

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