#D4AF38#D4AF38

#D4AF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.138 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AF38
RGB	rgb(212, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, 1.42, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 62.56, 88.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0023 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.138 91)
XYZ	xyz(43.1976, 44.9452, 10.1406)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AF38 #385DD4

analogous

#D46138 #D4AF38 #ABD438

triadic

#D4AF38 #38D4AF #AF38D4

tetradic

#D4AF38 #38D461 #385DD4 #D438AB

square

#D4AF38 #38D461 #385DD4 #D438AB

split-complementary

#D4AF38 #38ABD4 #6138D4

monochromatic

#78611A #AA8A25 #D4AF38 #DFC36A #EAD79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D4AF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#D4AF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AF38

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AF38	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4af38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.138 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c676',
    500: '#d4af38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4af38;
$custom-light: #e5c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4af38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7666,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.44943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AF38

secondary

#92A2D6

accent

#68E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AF38

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

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