#D4B142#D4B142

#D4B142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.133 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B142
RGB	rgb(212, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, 0.86, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 59.16, 89.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0028 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.133 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8592, 45.8372, 11.6905)
Luminance	0.4583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B142 #4265D4

analogous

#D46842 #D4B142 #AED442

triadic

#D4B142 #42D4B1 #B142D4

tetradic

#D4B142 #42D468 #4265D4 #D442AE

square

#D4B142 #42D468 #4265D4 #D442AE

split-complementary

#D4B142 #42AED4 #6842D4

monochromatic

#7F671D #B19028 #D4B142 #DFC674 #EBDAA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#D4B142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#D4B142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B142

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B142	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.133 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c87c',
    500: '#d4b142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b142;
$custom-light: #e5c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B142

secondary

#9AA9D8

accent

#69E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B142

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

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