#D4C256#D4C256

#D4C256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.130 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C256
RGB	rgb(212, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 59.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -6.76, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 55.80, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0223 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.13 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1247, 53.2545, 16.5465)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C256 #5668D4

analogous

#D48356 #D4C256 #A7D456

triadic

#D4C256 #56D4C2 #C256D4

tetradic

#D4C256 #56D483 #5668D4 #D456A7

square

#D4C256 #56D483 #5668D4 #D456A7

split-complementary

#D4C256 #56A7D4 #8356D4

monochromatic

#8C7D24 #BDA930 #D4C256 #E0D487 #EDE5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#D4C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#D4C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C256

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C256	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)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.130 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d489',
    500: '#d4c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c256;
$custom-light: #e4d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80825,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C256

secondary

#3C4892

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C256

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

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