#D0AA38#D0AA38

#D0AA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.134 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D0AA38
RGB	rgb(208, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 2.34, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 60.82, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% 0.0005 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.134 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1033, 42.4474, 9.7688)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0AA38 #385ED0

analogous

#D05E38 #D0AA38 #AAD038

triadic

#D0AA38 #38D0AA #AA38D0

tetradic

#D0AA38 #38D05E #385ED0 #D038AA

square

#D0AA38 #38D05E #385ED0 #D038AA

split-complementary

#D0AA38 #38AAD0 #5E38D0

monochromatic

#735D1B #A48527 #D0AA38 #DCBF6A #E7D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#D0AA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#D0AA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0AA38

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0AA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0AA38	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E19C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0aa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.134 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3c276',
    500: '#d0aa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0aa38;
$custom-light: #e3c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0aa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75246,
    "c": 0.13447,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0AA38

secondary

#91A1D3

accent

#6BE543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0AA38

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

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