#D4B242#D4B242

#D4B242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.133 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B242
RGB	rgb(212, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.70, 0.33, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.70, 59.41, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0043 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.133 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0574, 46.2337, 11.7566)
Luminance	0.4623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B242 #4264D4

analogous

#D46942 #D4B242 #ADD442

triadic

#D4B242 #42D4B2 #B242D4

tetradic

#D4B242 #42D469 #4264D4 #D442AD

square

#D4B242 #42D469 #4264D4 #D442AD

split-complementary

#D4B242 #42ADD4 #6942D4

monochromatic

#7F681D #B19128 #D4B242 #DFC674 #EBDBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#D4B242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#D4B242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B242

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B242	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.133 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5c87c',
    500: '#d4b242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b242;
$custom-light: #e5c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77346,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B242

secondary

#9AA8D8

accent

#68E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B242

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

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