#D4B042#D4B042

#D4B042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B042
RGB	rgb(212, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, 1.39, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 58.90, 88.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.0013 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.132 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.6624, 45.4437, 11.6249)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B042 #4266D4

analogous

#D46742 #D4B042 #AFD442

triadic

#D4B042 #42D4B0 #B042D4

tetradic

#D4B042 #42D467 #4266D4 #D442AF

square

#D4B042 #42D467 #4266D4 #D442AF

split-complementary

#D4B042 #42AFD4 #6742D4

monochromatic

#7F671D #B18F28 #D4B042 #DFC574 #EBDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#D4B042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#D4B042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B042

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B042	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c77c',
    500: '#d4b042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b042;
$custom-light: #e5c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76941,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B042

secondary

#9AA9D8

accent

#6AE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B042

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

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