#D4B449#D4B449

#D4B449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B449
RGB	rgb(212, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -0.32, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 57.04, 90.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0054 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.13 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6774, 47.1231, 13.0444)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B449 #4969D4

analogous

#D46E49 #D4B449 #AED449

triadic

#D4B449 #49D4B4 #B449D4

tetradic

#D4B449 #49D46E #4969D4 #D449AE

square

#D4B449 #49D46E #4969D4 #D449AE

split-complementary

#D4B449 #49AED4 #6E49D4

monochromatic

#846C1F #B5952B #D4B449 #E0C87B #EBDDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D4B449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#D4B449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B449

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B449	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5ca81',
    500: '#d4b449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b449;
$custom-light: #e5ca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77815,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B449

secondary

#A0ADD9

accent

#68E543

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B449

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

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