#D4B140#D4B140

#D4B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B140
RGB	rgb(212, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, 0.76, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 59.96, 89.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.0033 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.134 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.8013, 45.8141, 11.3854)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B140 #4063D4

analogous

#D46740 #D4B140 #ADD440

triadic

#D4B140 #40D4B1 #B140D4

tetradic

#D4B140 #40D467 #4063D4 #D440AD

square

#D4B140 #40D467 #4063D4 #D440AD

split-complementary

#D4B140 #40ADD4 #6740D4

monochromatic

#7D661C #AF8F27 #D4B140 #DFC572 #EADAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D4B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#D4B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B140

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B140	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c87b',
    500: '#d4b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b140;
$custom-light: #e5c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77126,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B140

secondary

#98A7D7

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B140

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

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