#D4AE38#D4AE38

#D4AE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE38
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.60, 1.95, 62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.60, 62.33, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0008 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.138 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0037, 44.5574, 10.0760)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE38 #385ED4

analogous

#D46038 #D4AE38 #ACD438

triadic

#D4AE38 #38D4AE #AE38D4

tetradic

#D4AE38 #38D460 #385ED4 #D438AC

square

#D4AE38 #38D460 #385ED4 #D438AC

split-complementary

#D4AE38 #38ACD4 #6038D4

monochromatic

#78611A #AA8A25 #D4AE38 #DFC26A #EAD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D4AE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE38

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE38	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)

#C2AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c576',
    500: '#d4ae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae38;
$custom-light: #e6c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76458,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE38

secondary

#92A3D6

accent

#69E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE38

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

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