#D4C250#D4C250

#D4C250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.135 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C250
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 62.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -7.17, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 58.42, 97.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0242 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.135 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8931, 53.1618, 15.3264)
Luminance	0.5316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C250 #5062D4

analogous

#D48050 #D4C250 #A4D450

triadic

#D4C250 #50D4C2 #C250D4

tetradic

#D4C250 #50D480 #5062D4 #D450A4

square

#D4C250 #50D480 #5062D4 #D450A4

split-complementary

#D4C250 #50A4D4 #8050D4

monochromatic

#887A21 #B9A62E #D4C250 #E0D381 #ECE4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#D4C250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#D4C250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C250

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C250	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.135 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d486',
    500: '#d4c250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c250;
$custom-light: #e4d486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 60.55,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80764,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C250

secondary

#3A458F

accent

#5AE444

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C250

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

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