#D4AE37#D4AE37

#D4AE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE37
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.59, 1.91, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.59, 62.70, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.001 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.138 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9795, 44.5477, 9.9485)
Luminance	0.4455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE37 #375DD4

analogous

#D46037 #D4AE37 #ABD437

triadic

#D4AE37 #37D4AE #AE37D4

tetradic

#D4AE37 #37D460 #375DD4 #D437AB

square

#D4AE37 #37D460 #375DD4 #D437AB

split-complementary

#D4AE37 #37ABD4 #6037D4

monochromatic

#77601A #A98924 #D4AE37 #DFC269 #EAD79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D4AE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE37

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE37	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)

#C2AC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c576',
    500: '#d4ae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae37;
$custom-light: #e6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.478,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76451,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE37

secondary

#91A2D6

accent

#69E840

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171209

muted

#85817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE37

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

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