#D4AF40#D4AF40

#D4AF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.133 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4AF40
RGB	rgb(212, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, 1.81, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 59.46, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0003 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.133 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4091, 45.0298, 11.2547)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4AF40 #4065D4

analogous

#D46540 #D4AF40 #AFD440

triadic

#D4AF40 #40D4AF #AF40D4

tetradic

#D4AF40 #40D465 #4065D4 #D440AF

square

#D4AF40 #40D465 #4065D4 #D440AF

split-complementary

#D4AF40 #40AFD4 #6540D4

monochromatic

#7D651C #AF8D27 #D4AF40 #DFC472 #EAD9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#D4AF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#D4AF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4AF40

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4AF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4AF40	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4af40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.133 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c67b',
    500: '#d4af40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4af40;
$custom-light: #e5c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4af40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76722,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4AF40

secondary

#98A8D7

accent

#6BE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4AF40

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

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