#D0AD42#D0AD42

#D0AD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D0AD42
RGB	rgb(208, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 1.25, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 57.57, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0014 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.129 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9416, 43.6928, 11.3776)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D0AD42 #4265D0

analogous

#D06642 #D0AD42 #ACD042

triadic

#D0AD42 #42D0AD #AD42D0

tetradic

#D0AD42 #42D066 #4265D0 #D042AC

square

#D0AD42 #42D066 #4265D0 #D042AC

split-complementary

#D0AD42 #42ACD0 #6642D0

monochromatic

#79631E #AA8B2A #D0AD42 #DCC273 #E8D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D0AD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D0AD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D0AD42

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D0AD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D0AD42	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E19F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d0ad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(208, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2c57c',
    500: '#d0ad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d0ad42;
$custom-light: #e2c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d0ad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 208,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75935,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D0AD42

secondary

#99A8D5

accent

#6CE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D0AD42

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

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