#D4C249#D4C249

#D4C249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C249
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -7.60, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 61.36, 97.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0262 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6478, 53.0637, 14.0345)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C249 #495BD4

analogous

#D47C49 #D4C249 #A0D449

triadic

#D4C249 #49D4C2 #C249D4

tetradic

#D4C249 #49D47C #495BD4 #D449A0

square

#D4C249 #49D47C #495BD4 #D449A0

split-complementary

#D4C249 #49A0D4 #7C49D4

monochromatic

#84771F #B5A32B #D4C249 #E0D37B #EBE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D4C249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#D4C249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C249

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C249	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d482',
    500: '#d4c249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c249;
$custom-light: #e5d482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.807,
    "c": 0.14002,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C249

secondary

#37428A

accent

#58E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C249

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

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