#D4B640#D4B640

#D4B640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B640
RGB	rgb(212, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -1.87, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 61.29, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0109 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8070, 47.8255, 11.7207)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B640 #405ED4

analogous

#D46C40 #D4B640 #A8D440

triadic

#D4B640 #40D4B6 #B640D4

tetradic

#D4B640 #40D46C #405ED4 #D440A8

square

#D4B640 #40D46C #405ED4 #D440A8

split-complementary

#D4B640 #40A8D4 #6C40D4

monochromatic

#7D6A1C #AF9427 #D4B640 #DFC972 #EADCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D4B640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#D4B640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B640

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B640	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cb7b',
    500: '#d4b640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b640;
$custom-light: #e5cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78145,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B640

secondary

#98A5D7

accent

#63E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B640

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

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