#D4AE3A#D4AE3A

#D4AE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE3A
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 2.04, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 61.57, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0003 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.136 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0536, 44.5773, 10.3388)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE3A #3A60D4

analogous

#D4613A #D4AE3A #ADD43A

triadic

#D4AE3A #3AD4AE #AE3AD4

tetradic

#D4AE3A #3AD461 #3A60D4 #D43AAD

square

#D4AE3A #3AD461 #3A60D4 #D43AAD

split-complementary

#D4AE3A #3AADD4 #613AD4

monochromatic

#79621A #AB8A25 #D4AE3A #DFC36C #EAD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#D4AE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE3A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE3A	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)

#C2AC28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c577',
    500: '#d4ae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae3a;
$custom-light: #e5c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76472,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE3A

secondary

#94A4D6

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE3A

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

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