#D3AD38#D3AD38

#D3AD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.137 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3AD38
RGB	rgb(211, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, 2.05, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 61.95, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0005 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.137 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5238, 44.0242, 9.9984)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3AD38 #385ED3

analogous

#D35F38 #D3AD38 #ACD338

triadic

#D3AD38 #38D3AD #AD38D3

tetradic

#D3AD38 #38D35F #385ED3 #D338AC

square

#D3AD38 #38D35F #385ED3 #D338AC

split-complementary

#D3AD38 #38ACD3 #5F38D3

monochromatic

#76601A #A98825 #D3AD38 #DEC26A #E9D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D3AD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#D3AD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3AD38

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3AD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3AD38	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E49E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3ad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.137 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c576',
    500: '#d3ad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3ad38;
$custom-light: #e5c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3ad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76155,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3AD38

secondary

#92A2D5

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3AD38

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

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