#D4B42F#D4B42F

#D4B42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.146 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B42F
RGB	rgb(212, 180, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 77.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -1.57, 66.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 66.91, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0118 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.146 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9882, 46.8473, 9.4143)
Luminance	0.4684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B42F #2F4FD4

analogous

#D4622F #D4B42F #A1D42F

triadic

#D4B42F #2FD4B4 #B42FD4

tetradic

#D4B42F #2FD462 #2F4FD4 #D42FA1

square

#D4B42F #2FD462 #2F4FD4 #D42FA1

split-complementary

#D4B42F #2FA1D4 #622FD4

monochromatic

#716017 #A48B22 #D4B42F #DEC662 #E9D994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#D4B42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#D4B42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B42F

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B42F	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 180, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.146 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ca72',
    500: '#d4b42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b42f;
$custom-light: #e6ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 65.737,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7762,
    "c": 0.14603,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B42F

secondary

#8B99D4

accent

#60E93F

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171309

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B42F

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

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