#D4C138#D4C138

#D4C138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C138
RGB	rgb(212, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -7.95, 67.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 67.51, 96.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.029 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.9373, 52.4247, 11.3872)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C138 #384BD4

analogous

#D47338 #D4C138 #99D438

triadic

#D4C138 #38D4C1 #C138D4

tetradic

#D4C138 #38D473 #384BD4 #D43899

square

#D4C138 #38D473 #384BD4 #D43899

split-complementary

#D4C138 #3899D4 #7338D4

monochromatic

#786C1A #AA9A25 #D4C138 #DFD16A #EAE09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#D4C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#D4C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C138

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C138	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d378',
    500: '#d4c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c138;
$custom-light: #e5d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.692,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80363,
    "c": 0.15042,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C138

secondary

#303A80

accent

#55E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C138

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

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