#D4B240#D4B240

#D4B240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.135 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B240
RGB	rgb(212, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, 0.23, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 60.22, 89.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.33% -0.0048 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.33% 0.135 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.9995, 46.2105, 11.4515)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B240 #4062D4

analogous

#D46840 #D4B240 #ACD440

triadic

#D4B240 #40D4B2 #B240D4

tetradic

#D4B240 #40D468 #4062D4 #D440AC

square

#D4B240 #40D468 #4062D4 #D440AC

split-complementary

#D4B240 #40ACD4 #6840D4

monochromatic

#7D671C #AF9027 #D4B240 #DFC672 #EADAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D4B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#D4B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B240

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B240	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.135 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c87b',
    500: '#d4b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b240;
$custom-light: #e5c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.216,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77329,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B240

secondary

#98A7D7

accent

#67E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B240

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

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