#D4AE2D#D4AE2D

#D4AE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.144 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE2D
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, 1.51, 66.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 66.16, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0032 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.144 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7636, 44.4613, 8.8116)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE2D #2D53D4

analogous

#D45A2D #D4AE2D #A7D42D

triadic

#D4AE2D #2DD4AE #AE2DD4

tetradic

#D4AE2D #2DD45A #2D53D4 #D42DA7

square

#D4AE2D #2DD45A #2D53D4 #D42DA7

split-complementary

#D4AE2D #2DA7D4 #5A2DD4

monochromatic

#705C17 #A38521 #D4AE2D #DEC260 #E9D593

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#D4AE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE2D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE2D	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.144 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c571',
    500: '#d4ae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae2d;
$custom-light: #e6c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.347,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76387,
    "c": 0.14356,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE2D

secondary

#899AD4

accent

#66E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171208

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE2D

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

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