#D4AA2C#D4AA2C

#D4AA2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.142 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AA2C
RGB	rgb(212, 170, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, 3.60, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 65.64, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% 0.0026 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.142 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9833, 42.9312, 8.4577)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AA2C #2C56D4

analogous

#D4562C #D4AA2C #AAD42C

triadic

#D4AA2C #2CD4AA #AA2CD4

tetradic

#D4AA2C #2CD456 #2C56D4 #D42CAA

square

#D4AA2C #2CD456 #2C56D4 #D42CAA

split-complementary

#D4AA2C #2CAAD4 #562CD4

monochromatic

#6F5917 #A28221 #D4AA2C #DEBE5F #E9D392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#D4AA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#D4AA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AA2C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AA2C	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA80F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4aa2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 170, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.142 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c270',
    500: '#d4aa2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4aa2c;
$custom-light: #e6c270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4aa2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.14204,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AA2C

secondary

#889BD3

accent

#69E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AA2C

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

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