#D4AA2A#D4AA2A

#D4AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.143 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AA2A
RGB	rgb(212, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 3.53, 66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 66.27, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% 0.0023 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.143 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9466, 42.9165, 8.2644)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AA2A #2A54D4

analogous

#D4552A #D4AA2A #A9D42A

triadic

#D4AA2A #2AD4AA #AA2AD4

tetradic

#D4AA2A #2AD455 #2A54D4 #D42AA9

square

#D4AA2A #2AD455 #2A54D4 #D42AA9

split-complementary

#D4AA2A #2AA9D4 #552AD4

monochromatic

#6E5816 #A18120 #D4AA2A #DFBF5C #E9D38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D4AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#D4AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AA2A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AA2A	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA808

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.143 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c26f',
    500: '#d4aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4aa2a;
$custom-light: #e6c26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AA2A

secondary

#8699D3

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AA2A

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

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