#D4C023#D4C023

#D4C023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.160 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C023
RGB	rgb(212, 192, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -8.17, 73.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 73.49, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0314 0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.16 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3067, 51.8199, 9.1529)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C023 #2337D4

analogous

#D46723 #D4C023 #8FD423

triadic

#D4C023 #23D4C0 #C023D4

tetradic

#D4C023 #23D467 #2337D4 #D4238F

square

#D4C023 #23D467 #2337D4 #D4238F

split-complementary

#D4C023 #238FD4 #6723D4

monochromatic

#6B6112 #9F901A #D4C023 #E2D252 #EBE086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#D4C023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#D4C023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C023

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C023	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 192, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.160 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d26f',
    500: '#d4c023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c023;
$custom-light: #e6d26f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.22,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80045,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C023

secondary

#272F75

accent

#4EEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171408

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C023

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

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