#D1AE40#D1AE40

#D1AE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D1AE40
RGB	rgb(209, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, 1.05, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 58.79, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0023 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.132 91)
XYZ	xyz(42.3582, 44.2001, 11.1499)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D1AE40 #4063D1

analogous

#D16540 #D1AE40 #ABD140

triadic

#D1AE40 #40D1AE #AE40D1

tetradic

#D1AE40 #40D165 #4063D1 #D140AB

square

#D1AE40 #40D165 #4063D1 #D140AB

split-complementary

#D1AE40 #40ABD1 #6540D1

monochromatic

#79631D #AB8B29 #D1AE40 #DDC371 #E9D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#D1AE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#D1AE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D1AE40

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D1AE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D1AE40	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d1ae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(209, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3c57b',
    500: '#d1ae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d1ae40;
$custom-light: #e3c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d1ae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 209,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76221,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.44198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D1AE40

secondary

#97A6D5

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D1AE40

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

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