#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
RGB	rgb(212, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -5.41, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 62.56, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0207 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.141 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3345, 50.7878, 12.5156)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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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
##D4BD42	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #D4BD42

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

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