#D4C255#D4C255

#D4C255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C255
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -6.83, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 56.24, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0226 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.13 100)
XYZ	xyz(48.0847, 53.2385, 16.3358)
Luminance	0.5324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C255 #5567D4

analogous

#D48255 #D4C255 #A6D455

triadic

#D4C255 #55D4C2 #C255D4

tetradic

#D4C255 #55D482 #5567D4 #D455A6

square

#D4C255 #55D482 #5567D4 #D455A6

split-complementary

#D4C255 #55A6D4 #8255D4

monochromatic

#8B7D23 #BCA830 #D4C255 #E0D486 #EDE5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D4C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#D4C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C255

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C255	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d489',
    500: '#d4c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c255;
$custom-light: #e4d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80815,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.53236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C255

secondary

#3C4891

accent

#5BE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C255

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

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