#D4AD36#D4AD36

#D4AD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AD36
RGB	rgb(212, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, 2.40, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 62.83, 87.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0002 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.138 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7633, 44.1532, 9.7594)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AD36 #365DD4

analogous

#D45E36 #D4AD36 #ACD436

triadic

#D4AD36 #36D4AD #AD36D4

tetradic

#D4AD36 #36D45E #365DD4 #D436AC

square

#D4AD36 #36D45E #365DD4 #D436AC

split-complementary

#D4AD36 #36ACD4 #5E36D4

monochromatic

#765F19 #A98824 #D4AD36 #DFC268 #EAD69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D4AD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#D4AD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AD36

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AD36	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c575',
    500: '#d4ad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ad36;
$custom-light: #e6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.19,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76242,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AD36

secondary

#90A1D5

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AD36

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

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