#D4C048#D4C048

#D4C048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C048
RGB	rgb(212, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 66%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -6.63, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 61.11, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.27% -0.0236 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.27% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1728, 52.1663, 13.7140)
Luminance	0.5216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C048 #485CD4

analogous

#D47A48 #D4C048 #A2D448

triadic

#D4C048 #48D4C0 #C048D4

tetradic

#D4C048 #48D47A #485CD4 #D448A2

square

#D4C048 #48D47A #485CD4 #D448A2

split-complementary

#D4C048 #48A2D4 #7A48D4

monochromatic

#83751F #B4A12A #D4C048 #E0D17A #EBE2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#D4C048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#D4C048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C048

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C048	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d281',
    500: '#d4c048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c048;
$custom-light: #e5d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80275,
    "c": 0.13909,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C048

secondary

#36428A

accent

#5AE543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C048

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

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