#D4B442#D4B442

#D4B442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.135 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B442
RGB	rgb(212, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.21, -0.72, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.21, 59.95, 90.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.0073 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.135 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4583, 47.0354, 11.8902)
Luminance	0.4703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B442 #4262D4

analogous

#D46B42 #D4B442 #ABD442

triadic

#D4B442 #42D4B4 #B442D4

tetradic

#D4B442 #42D46B #4262D4 #D442AB

square

#D4B442 #42D46B #4262D4 #D442AB

split-complementary

#D4B442 #42ABD4 #6B42D4

monochromatic

#7F691D #B19328 #D4B442 #DFC874 #EBDCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#D4B442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#D4B442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B442

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B442	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.135 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca7c',
    500: '#d4b442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b442;
$custom-light: #e5ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77753,
    "c": 0.13459,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B442

secondary

#9AA8D8

accent

#66E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B442

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

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