#D4BD42#D4BD42

#D4BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.141 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#D4BD42
RGBrgb(212, 189, 66)
HSLhsl(51, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(51, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.55, -5.41, 62.33)
CIE-LCHlch(76.55, 62.56, 94.96°)
OKLaboklab(79.6% -0.0207 0.1394)
OKLCHoklch(79.6% 0.141 98.5)
XYZxyz(46.3345, 50.7878, 12.5156)
Luminance0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#D4BD42 #4259D4
analogous
#D47442 #D4BD42 #A2D442
triadic
#D4BD42 #42D4BD #BD42D4
tetradic
#D4BD42 #42D474 #4259D4 #D442A2
square
#D4BD42 #42D474 #4259D4 #D442A2
split-complementary
#D4BD42 #42A2D4 #7442D4
monochromatic
#7F6F1D #B19B28 #D4BD42 #DFCE74 #EBE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#D4BD42 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16
#D4BD42 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BD42
11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##D4BD42#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##D4BD421.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB831
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C049
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#E4AFA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #d4bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.141 98.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d07d',
    500: '#d4bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #d4bd42;
$custom-light: #e5d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#d4bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79603,
    "c": 0.14097,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#D4BD42
secondary
#344186
accent
#5CE642
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FEFBF2
border
#D6D4CC
text
#16130A
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

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#D4BD42 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva