#D4BD38#D4BD38

#D4BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BD38
RGB	rgb(212, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -5.89, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 66.30, 95.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0232 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(46.0650, 50.6800, 11.0964)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BD38 #384FD4

analogous

#D46F38 #D4BD38 #9DD438

triadic

#D4BD38 #38D4BD #BD38D4

tetradic

#D4BD38 #38D46F #384FD4 #D4389D

square

#D4BD38 #38D46F #384FD4 #D4389D

split-complementary

#D4BD38 #389DD4 #6F38D4

monochromatic

#786A1A #AA9625 #D4BD38 #DFCE6A #EADE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#D4BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#D4BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BD38

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BD38	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5AFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d078',
    500: '#d4bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bd38;
$custom-light: #e5d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.154,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7953,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.50678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BD38

secondary

#303C80

accent

#59E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#161309

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BD38

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

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