#D4C23B#D4C23B

#D4C23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C23B
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -8.33, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 66.76, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0298 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.149 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2347, 52.8985, 11.8592)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C23B #3B4DD4

analogous

#D4753B #D4C23B #99D43B

triadic

#D4C23B #3BD4C2 #C23BD4

tetradic

#D4C23B #3BD475 #3B4DD4 #D43B99

square

#D4C23B #3BD475 #3B4DD4 #D43B99

split-complementary

#D4C23B #3B99D4 #753BD4

monochromatic

#7A6F1B #AC9C26 #D4C23B #DFD26D #EAE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D4C23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#D4C23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C23B

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C23B	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d47a',
    500: '#d4c23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c23b;
$custom-light: #e5d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80591,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C23B

secondary

#313B82

accent

#54E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C23B

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

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