#D4C149#D4C149

#D4C149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C149
RGB	rgb(212, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -7.09, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 61.03, 96.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0247 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.139 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.4260, 52.6201, 13.9606)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C149 #495CD4

analogous

#D47B49 #D4C149 #A1D449

triadic

#D4C149 #49D4C1 #C149D4

tetradic

#D4C149 #49D47B #495CD4 #D449A1

square

#D4C149 #49D47B #495CD4 #D449A1

split-complementary

#D4C149 #49A1D4 #7B49D4

monochromatic

#84761F #B5A22B #D4C149 #E0D27B #EBE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D4C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#D4C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C149

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C149	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d382',
    500: '#d4c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c149;
$custom-light: #e5d382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80492,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C149

secondary

#37428A

accent

#59E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C149

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

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