#D4B451#D4B451

#D4B451 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.123 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B451
RGB	rgb(212, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, 0.18, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 53.55, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0029 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.123 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.9599, 47.2361, 14.5323)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B451 #5171D4

analogous

#D47351 #D4B451 #B2D451

triadic

#D4B451 #51D4B4 #B451D4

tetradic

#D4B451 #51D473 #5171D4 #D451B2

square

#D4B451 #51D473 #5171D4 #D451B2

split-complementary

#D4B451 #51B2D4 #7351D4

monochromatic

#897022 #BA982E #D4B451 #E0C982 #ECDEB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#D4B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#D4B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B451

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B451	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4A79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.123 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4ca85',
    500: '#d4b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b451;
$custom-light: #e4ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77895,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B451

secondary

#A6B3DB

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FDF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B451

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

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