#D4BC23#D4BC23

#D4BC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.157 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BC23
RGB	rgb(212, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -6.12, 72.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 72.41, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0256 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.157 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4404, 50.0872, 8.8641)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BC23 #233BD4

analogous

#D46323 #D4BC23 #94D423

triadic

#D4BC23 #23D4BC #BC23D4

tetradic

#D4BC23 #23D463 #233BD4 #D42394

square

#D4BC23 #23D463 #233BD4 #D42394

split-complementary

#D4BC23 #2394D4 #6323D4

monochromatic

#6B5F12 #9F8D1A #D4BC23 #E2CF52 #EBDD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#D4BC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#D4BC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BC23

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BC23	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6BF30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5ADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.157 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6cf6e',
    500: '#d4bc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bc23;
$custom-light: #e6cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79211,
    "c": 0.15669,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BC23

secondary

#273175

accent

#52EE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171308

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BC23

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

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