#D4B940#D4B940

#D4B940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B940
RGB	rgb(212, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -3.44, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 62.15, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0153 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.139 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4280, 49.0675, 11.9277)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B940 #405BD4

analogous

#D46F40 #D4B940 #A5D440

triadic

#D4B940 #40D4B9 #B940D4

tetradic

#D4B940 #40D46F #405BD4 #D440A5

square

#D4B940 #40D46F #405BD4 #D440A5

split-complementary

#D4B940 #40A5D4 #6F40D4

monochromatic

#7D6C1C #AF9727 #D4B940 #DFCB72 #EADEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D4B940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#D4B940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B940

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B940	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd7c',
    500: '#d4b940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b940;
$custom-light: #e5cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78761,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B940

secondary

#98A4D7

accent

#60E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B940

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

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