#D4AE36#D4AE36

#D4AE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE36
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 1.87, 63.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 63.06, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0013 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.139 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9558, 44.5382, 9.8235)
Luminance	0.4454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE36 #365CD4

analogous

#D45F36 #D4AE36 #ABD436

triadic

#D4AE36 #36D4AE #AE36D4

tetradic

#D4AE36 #36D45F #365CD4 #D436AB

square

#D4AE36 #36D45F #365CD4 #D436AB

split-complementary

#D4AE36 #36ABD4 #5F36D4

monochromatic

#766019 #A98924 #D4AE36 #DFC268 #EAD79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D4AE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE36

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE36	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E69F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c575',
    500: '#d4ae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae36;
$custom-light: #e6c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.57,
    "s": 64.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE36

secondary

#90A1D5

accent

#68E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE36

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

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