#D4BE40#D4BE40

#D4BE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BE40
RGB	rgb(212, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.80, -6.03, 63.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.80, 63.65, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0227 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4924, 51.1963, 12.2825)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BE40 #4056D4

analogous

#D47440 #D4BE40 #A0D440

triadic

#D4BE40 #40D4BE #BE40D4

tetradic

#D4BE40 #40D474 #4056D4 #D440A0

square

#D4BE40 #40D474 #4056D4 #D440A0

split-complementary

#D4BE40 #40A0D4 #7440D4

monochromatic

#7D6F1C #AF9B27 #D4BE40 #DFCF72 #EAE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#D4BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#D4BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BE40

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BE40	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d17c',
    500: '#d4be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4be40;
$custom-light: #e5d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79794,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BE40

secondary

#333F85

accent

#5AE642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BE40

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

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