#D0AD38#D0AD38

#D0AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D0AD38
RGB	rgb(208, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 0.75, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 61.53, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.004 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.136 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6721, 43.5851, 9.9585)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0AD38 #385BD0

analogous

#D06138 #D0AD38 #A7D038

triadic

#D0AD38 #38D0AD #AD38D0

tetradic

#D0AD38 #38D061 #385BD0 #D038A7

square

#D0AD38 #38D061 #385BD0 #D038A7

split-complementary

#D0AD38 #38A7D0 #6138D0

monochromatic

#735E1B #A48727 #D0AD38 #DCC16A #E7D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D0AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#D0AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0AD38

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0AD38	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E19F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3c576',
    500: '#d0ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0ad38;
$custom-light: #e3c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75855,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0AD38

secondary

#91A0D3

accent

#68E543

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0AD38

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

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