#D4B740#D4B740

#D4B740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B740
RGB	rgb(212, 183, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -2.40, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 61.57, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0124 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.138 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0125, 48.2366, 11.7892)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B740 #405DD4

analogous

#D46D40 #D4B740 #A7D440

triadic

#D4B740 #40D4B7 #B740D4

tetradic

#D4B740 #40D46D #405DD4 #D440A7

square

#D4B740 #40D46D #405DD4 #D440A7

split-complementary

#D4B740 #40A7D4 #6D40D4

monochromatic

#7D6A1C #AF9527 #D4B740 #DFCA72 #EADDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D4B740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#D4B740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B740

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B740	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 183, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cc7c',
    500: '#d4b740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b740;
$custom-light: #e5cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.243,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7835,
    "c": 0.13795,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B740

secondary

#98A5D7

accent

#62E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B740

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

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