#D4AD37#D4AD37

#D4AD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AD37
RGB	rgb(212, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, 2.44, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 62.47, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% 0.0005 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.138 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7870, 44.1627, 9.8843)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AD37 #375ED4

analogous

#D45F37 #D4AD37 #ACD437

triadic

#D4AD37 #37D4AD #AD37D4

tetradic

#D4AD37 #37D45F #375ED4 #D437AC

square

#D4AD37 #37D45F #375ED4 #D437AC

split-complementary

#D4AD37 #37ACD4 #5F37D4

monochromatic

#77601A #A98824 #D4AD37 #DFC269 #EAD69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#D4AD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#D4AD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AD37

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AD37	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)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c576',
    500: '#d4ad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ad37;
$custom-light: #e6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.096,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76249,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AD37

secondary

#91A2D6

accent

#6AE840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AD37

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

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