#D4BB42#D4BB42

#D4BB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BB42
RGB	rgb(212, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -4.37, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 61.95, 94.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0178 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9073, 49.9333, 12.3732)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BB42 #425BD4

analogous

#D47242 #D4BB42 #A4D442

triadic

#D4BB42 #42D4BB #BB42D4

tetradic

#D4BB42 #42D472 #425BD4 #D442A4

square

#D4BB42 #42D472 #425BD4 #D442A4

split-complementary

#D4BB42 #42A4D4 #7242D4

monochromatic

#7F6E1D #B19928 #D4BB42 #DFCD74 #EBDFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D4BB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#D4BB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BB42

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BB42	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cf7d',
    500: '#d4bb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bb42;
$custom-light: #e5cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79189,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BB42

secondary

#9AA5D8

accent

#5EE642

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BB42

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

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