#D4B22F#D4B22F

#D4B22F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.145 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B22F
RGB	rgb(212, 178, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, -0.52, 66.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 66.42, 90.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0088 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.145 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5873, 46.0457, 9.2807)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B22F #2F51D4

analogous

#D45F2F #D4B22F #A4D42F

triadic

#D4B22F #2FD4B2 #B22FD4

tetradic

#D4B22F #2FD45F #2F51D4 #D42FA4

square

#D4B22F #2FD45F #2F51D4 #D42FA4

split-complementary

#D4B22F #2FA4D4 #5F2FD4

monochromatic

#715F17 #A48922 #D4B22F #DEC562 #E9D894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#D4B22F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#D4B22F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B22F

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B22F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B22F	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b22f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 178, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.145 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6c872',
    500: '#d4b22f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b22f;
$custom-light: #e6c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b22f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.636,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77211,
    "c": 0.14481,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B22F

secondary

#8B9AD4

accent

#62E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B22F

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

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