#D4B642#D4B642

#D4B642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.136 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B642
RGB	rgb(212, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -1.77, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 60.50, 91.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0103 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.136 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8649, 47.8487, 12.0258)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B642 #4260D4

analogous

#D46D42 #D4B642 #A9D442

triadic

#D4B642 #42D4B6 #B642D4

tetradic

#D4B642 #42D46D #4260D4 #D442A9

square

#D4B642 #42D46D #4260D4 #D442A9

split-complementary

#D4B642 #42A9D4 #6D42D4

monochromatic

#7F6B1D #B19528 #D4B642 #DFC974 #EBDDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#D4B642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#D4B642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B642

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B642	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.136 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cb7d',
    500: '#d4b642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b642;
$custom-light: #e5cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.1359,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B642

secondary

#9AA7D8

accent

#64E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B642

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

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