#D4B823#D4B823

#D4B823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.154 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B823
RGB	rgb(212, 184, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -4.04, 71.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 71.39, 93.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0198 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.154 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5977, 48.4018, 8.5832)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B823 #233FD4

analogous

#D45F23 #D4B823 #98D423

triadic

#D4B823 #23D4B8 #B823D4

tetradic

#D4B823 #23D45F #233FD4 #D42398

square

#D4B823 #23D45F #233FD4 #D42398

split-complementary

#D4B823 #2398D4 #5F23D4

monochromatic

#6B5D12 #9F8A1A #D4B823 #E2CC52 #EBDB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#D4B823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#D4B823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B823

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B823	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 184, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.154 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cc6e',
    500: '#d4b823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b823;
$custom-light: #e6cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.508,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.15394,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B823

secondary

#7E8CD4

accent

#56EE39

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#171308

muted

#85827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B823

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

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