#D4B138#D4B138

#D4B138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.139 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B138
RGB	rgb(212, 177, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, 0.37, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 63.04, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0053 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.139 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5897, 45.7295, 10.2714)
Luminance	0.4573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B138 #385BD4

analogous

#D46338 #D4B138 #A9D438

triadic

#D4B138 #38D4B1 #B138D4

tetradic

#D4B138 #38D463 #385BD4 #D438A9

square

#D4B138 #38D463 #385BD4 #D438A9

split-complementary

#D4B138 #38A9D4 #6338D4

monochromatic

#78631A #AA8C25 #D4B138 #DFC56A #EAD89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D4B138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#D4B138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B138

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B138	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 177, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.139 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c777',
    500: '#d4b138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b138;
$custom-light: #e5c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.538,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77065,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B138

secondary

#92A1D6

accent

#66E740

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B138

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

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