#D4B942#D4B942

#D4B942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4B942
RGB	rgb(212, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -3.33, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 61.36, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0148 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4859, 49.0907, 12.2328)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4B942 #425DD4

analogous

#D47042 #D4B942 #A6D442

triadic

#D4B942 #42D4B9 #B942D4

tetradic

#D4B942 #42D470 #425DD4 #D442A6

square

#D4B942 #42D470 #425DD4 #D442A6

split-complementary

#D4B942 #42A6D4 #7042D4

monochromatic

#7F6D1D #B19728 #D4B942 #DFCB74 #EBDEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#D4B942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#D4B942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4B942

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4B942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4B942	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4ABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4b942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cd7d',
    500: '#d4b942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4b942;
$custom-light: #e5cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4b942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78777,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4B942

secondary

#9AA5D8

accent

#60E642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4B942

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

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