#D4AE3B#D4AE3B

#D4AE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.136 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AE3B
RGB	rgb(212, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 2.09, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 61.19, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0001 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.136 90)
XYZ	xyz(43.0793, 44.5876, 10.4741)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AE3B #3B61D4

analogous

#D4613B #D4AE3B #ADD43B

triadic

#D4AE3B #3BD4AE #AE3BD4

tetradic

#D4AE3B #3BD461 #3B61D4 #D43BAD

square

#D4AE3B #3BD461 #3B61D4 #D43BAD

split-complementary

#D4AE3B #3BADD4 #613BD4

monochromatic

#7A621B #AC8B26 #D4AE3B #DFC36D #EAD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#D4AE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#D4AE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AE3B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AE3B	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E59F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4ae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.136 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c578',
    500: '#d4ae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4ae3b;
$custom-light: #e5c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4ae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7648,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.44585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AE3B

secondary

#94A5D6

accent

#6AE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AE3B

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

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