#D4BC38#D4BC38

#D4BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.147 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BC38
RGB	rgb(212, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -5.38, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 66.01, 94.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0217 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.147 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.8507, 50.2513, 11.0250)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BC38 #3850D4

analogous

#D46E38 #D4BC38 #9ED438

triadic

#D4BC38 #38D4BC #BC38D4

tetradic

#D4BC38 #38D46E #3850D4 #D4389E

square

#D4BC38 #38D46E #3850D4 #D4389E

split-complementary

#D4BC38 #389ED4 #6E38D4

monochromatic

#78691A #AA9625 #D4BC38 #DFCD6A #EADE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#D4BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#D4BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BC38

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BC38	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.147 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5cf78',
    500: '#d4bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bc38;
$custom-light: #e5cf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.14657,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BC38

secondary

#303D80

accent

#5AE740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#161309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BC38

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

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