#D4AE39#D4AE39

#D4AE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.137 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE39
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 73.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 2.00, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 61.95, 88.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0006 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.137 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0284, 44.5672, 10.2061)
Luminance	0.4456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE39 #395FD4

analogous

#D46039 #D4AE39 #ADD439

triadic

#D4AE39 #39D4AE #AE39D4

tetradic

#D4AE39 #39D460 #395FD4 #D439AD

square

#D4AE39 #39D460 #395FD4 #D439AD

split-complementary

#D4AE39 #39ADD4 #6039D4

monochromatic

#78611A #AB8A25 #D4AE39 #DFC36B #EAD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D4AE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE39

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE39	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)

#C2AC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.137 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c577',
    500: '#d4ae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae39;
$custom-light: #e5c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.29,
    "s": 64.315,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76465,
    "c": 0.13693,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE39

secondary

#93A3D6

accent

#69E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE39

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

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