#D4BD55#D4BD55

#D4BD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.126 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BD55
RGB	rgb(212, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -4.25, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 54.53, 94.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0152 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.126 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9906, 51.0503, 15.9711)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BD55 #556CD4

analogous

#D47D55 #D4BD55 #ABD455

triadic

#D4BD55 #55D4BD #BD55D4

tetradic

#D4BD55 #55D47D #556CD4 #D455AB

square

#D4BD55 #55D47D #556CD4 #D455AB

split-complementary

#D4BD55 #55ABD4 #7D55D4

monochromatic

#8B7823 #BCA330 #D4BD55 #E0D086 #EDE3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#D4BD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BD55

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BD55	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.126 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d089',
    500: '#d4bd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bd55;
$custom-light: #e4d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.134,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7978,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BD55

secondary

#3C4B91

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BD55

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

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