#D3C738#D3C738

#D3C738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.155 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D3C738
RGB	rgb(211, 199, 56)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -11.44, 68.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 69.38, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0388 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.156 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.0033, 54.9832, 11.8249)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D3C738 #3844D3

analogous

#D37A38 #D3C738 #91D338

triadic

#D3C738 #38D3C7 #C738D3

tetradic

#D3C738 #38D37A #3844D3 #D33891

square

#D3C738 #38D37A #3844D3 #D33891

split-complementary

#D3C738 #3891D3 #7A38D3

monochromatic

#766F1A #A99E25 #D3C738 #DED56A #E9E39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#D3C738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#D3C738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D3C738

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D3C738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D3C738	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d3c738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 199, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.155 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d779',
    500: '#d3c738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d3c738;
$custom-light: #e4d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d3c738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.355,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81532,
    "c": 0.1555,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D3C738

secondary

#30377F

accent

#4EE741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D3C738

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

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