#D4AD2A#D4AD2A

#D4AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AD2A
RGB	rgb(212, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 1.94, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 66.89, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0023 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.144 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5154, 44.0541, 8.4540)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AD2A #2A51D4

analogous

#D4582A #D4AD2A #A6D42A

triadic

#D4AD2A #2AD4AD #AD2AD4

tetradic

#D4AD2A #2AD458 #2A51D4 #D42AA6

square

#D4AD2A #2AD458 #2A51D4 #D42AA6

split-complementary

#D4AD2A #2AA6D4 #582AD4

monochromatic

#6E5A16 #A18320 #D4AD2A #DFC15C #E9D48F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D4AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#D4AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AD2A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AD2A	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c56f',
    500: '#d4ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ad2a;
$custom-light: #e6c56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.235,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AD2A

secondary

#8698D3

accent

#65EA3E

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AD2A

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

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