#D4AC2C#D4AC2C

#D4AC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.143 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AC2C
RGB	rgb(212, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 2.54, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 66.05, 87.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0004 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.143 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3611, 43.6867, 8.5836)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AC2C #2C54D4

analogous

#D4582C #D4AC2C #A8D42C

triadic

#D4AC2C #2CD4AC #AC2CD4

tetradic

#D4AC2C #2CD458 #2C54D4 #D42CA8

square

#D4AC2C #2CD458 #2C54D4 #D42CA8

split-complementary

#D4AC2C #2CA8D4 #582CD4

monochromatic

#6F5A17 #A28321 #D4AC2C #DEC05F #E9D492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#D4AC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D4AC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AC2C

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AC2C	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.143 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c470',
    500: '#d4ac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ac2c;
$custom-light: #e6c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75978,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AC2C

secondary

#889AD3

accent

#67E93F

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AC2C

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

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