#D4C238#D4C238

#D4C238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.151 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C238
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -8.46, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 67.82, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0304 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.151 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1592, 52.8683, 11.4612)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C238 #384AD4

analogous

#D47438 #D4C238 #98D438

triadic

#D4C238 #38D4C2 #C238D4

tetradic

#D4C238 #38D474 #384AD4 #D43898

square

#D4C238 #38D474 #384AD4 #D43898

split-complementary

#D4C238 #3898D4 #7438D4

monochromatic

#786D1A #AA9B25 #D4C238 #DFD16A #EAE19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D4C238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#D4C238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C238

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C238	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.151 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d478',
    500: '#d4c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c238;
$custom-light: #e5d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80571,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C238

secondary

#303A80

accent

#54E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C238

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

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