#D4BF42#D4BF42

#D4BF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4BF42
RGB	rgb(212, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -6.44, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 63.19, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0237 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7677, 51.6542, 12.6600)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4BF42 #4257D4

analogous

#D47642 #D4BF42 #A0D442

triadic

#D4BF42 #42D4BF #BF42D4

tetradic

#D4BF42 #42D476 #4257D4 #D442A0

square

#D4BF42 #42D476 #4257D4 #D442A0

split-complementary

#D4BF42 #42A0D4 #7642D4

monochromatic

#7F711D #B19D28 #D4BF42 #DFD074 #EBE1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D4BF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#D4BF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4BF42

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4BF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4BF42	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4bf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d27d',
    500: '#d4bf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4bf42;
$custom-light: #e5d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4bf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.37,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4BF42

secondary

#344086

accent

#59E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4BF42

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

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