#D4AE31#D4AE31

#D4AE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.142 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE31
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 76.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 1.66, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 64.83, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0024 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.142 91)
XYZ	xyz(42.8443, 44.4936, 9.2366)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE31 #3157D4

analogous

#D45C31 #D4AE31 #A8D431

triadic

#D4AE31 #31D4AE #AE31D4

tetradic

#D4AE31 #31D45C #3157D4 #D431A8

square

#D4AE31 #31D45C #3157D4 #D431A8

split-complementary

#D4AE31 #31A8D4 #5C31D4

monochromatic

#735E18 #A58723 #D4AE31 #DFC264 #E9D696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#D4AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE31

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE31	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.142 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c573',
    500: '#d4ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae31;
$custom-light: #e6c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 65.462,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76411,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.44491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE31

secondary

#8C9DD4

accent

#67E83F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE31

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

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