#D4C155#D4C155

#D4C155 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C155
RGB	rgb(212, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -6.32, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 55.89, 96.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.0212 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8629, 52.7949, 16.2618)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C155 #5568D4

analogous

#D48255 #D4C155 #A7D455

triadic

#D4C155 #55D4C1 #C155D4

tetradic

#D4C155 #55D482 #5568D4 #D455A7

square

#D4C155 #55D482 #5568D4 #D455A7

split-complementary

#D4C155 #55A7D4 #8255D4

monochromatic

#8B7C23 #BCA730 #D4C155 #E0D386 #EDE5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#D4C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#D4C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C155

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C155	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d389',
    500: '#d4c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c155;
$custom-light: #e4d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80607,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C155

secondary

#3C4991

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C155

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

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