#D4AC31#D4AC31

#D4AC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AC31
RGB	rgb(212, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 76.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, 2.72, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 64.39, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.0006 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.14 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4608, 43.7266, 9.1088)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AC31 #3159D4

analogous

#D45A31 #D4AC31 #AAD431

triadic

#D4AC31 #31D4AC #AC31D4

tetradic

#D4AC31 #31D45A #3159D4 #D431AA

square

#D4AC31 #31D45A #3159D4 #D431AA

split-complementary

#D4AC31 #31AAD4 #5A31D4

monochromatic

#735C18 #A58523 #D4AC31 #DFC064 #E9D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#D4AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#D4AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AC31

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AC31	1.00	2.15	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.15	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)

#C0AA19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c473',
    500: '#d4ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ac31;
$custom-light: #e6c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.276,
    "s": 65.462,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AC31

secondary

#8C9ED4

accent

#69E83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AC31

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

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