#D4AD2C#D4AD2C

#D4AD2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AD2C
RGB	rgb(212, 173, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.27, 2.01, 66.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.27, 66.26, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0019 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.144 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5521, 44.0688, 8.6473)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AD2C #2C53D4

analogous

#D4592C #D4AD2C #A7D42C

triadic

#D4AD2C #2CD4AD #AD2CD4

tetradic

#D4AD2C #2CD459 #2C53D4 #D42CA7

square

#D4AD2C #2CD459 #2C53D4 #D42CA7

split-complementary

#D4AD2C #2CA7D4 #592CD4

monochromatic

#6F5A17 #A28421 #D4AD2C #DEC15F #E9D592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D4AD2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#D4AD2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AD2C

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AD2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AD2C	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)

#C1AB0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ad2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 173, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c570',
    500: '#d4ad2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ad2c;
$custom-light: #e6c570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ad2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.071,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76179,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AD2C

secondary

#889AD3

accent

#66E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AD2C

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

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