#D4B440#D4B440

#D4B440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B440
RGB	rgb(212, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -0.82, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 60.75, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.74% -0.0079 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.74% 0.136 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4004, 47.0122, 11.5851)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B440 #4060D4

analogous

#D46A40 #D4B440 #AAD440

triadic

#D4B440 #40D4B4 #B440D4

tetradic

#D4B440 #40D46A #4060D4 #D440AA

square

#D4B440 #40D46A #4060D4 #D440AA

split-complementary

#D4B440 #40AAD4 #6A40D4

monochromatic

#7D681C #AF9227 #D4B440 #DFC872 #EADBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D4B440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#D4B440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B440

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B440	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca7b',
    500: '#d4b440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b440;
$custom-light: #e5ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77737,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B440

secondary

#98A6D7

accent

#65E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B440

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

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