#D4B840#D4B840

#D4B840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.139 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B840
RGB	rgb(212, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -2.92, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 61.86, 92.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0139 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.139 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.2195, 48.6506, 11.8582)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B840 #405CD4

analogous

#D46E40 #D4B840 #A6D440

triadic

#D4B840 #40D4B8 #B840D4

tetradic

#D4B840 #40D46E #405CD4 #D440A6

square

#D4B840 #40D46E #405CD4 #D440A6

split-complementary

#D4B840 #40A6D4 #6E40D4

monochromatic

#7D6B1C #AF9627 #D4B840 #DFCB72 #EADDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#D4B840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#D4B840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B840

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B840	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.139 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cc7c',
    500: '#d4b840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b840;
$custom-light: #e5cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78555,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B840

secondary

#98A4D7

accent

#61E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B840

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

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