#D4C357#D4C357

#D4C357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.130 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C357
RGB	rgb(212, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 59%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -7.21, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 55.70, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0235 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.13 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.3886, 53.7173, 16.8346)
Luminance	0.5372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C357 #5768D4

analogous

#D48457 #D4C357 #A6D457

triadic

#D4C357 #57D4C3 #C357D4

tetradic

#D4C357 #57D484 #5768D4 #D457A6

square

#D4C357 #57D484 #5768D4 #D457A6

split-complementary

#D4C357 #57A6D4 #8457D4

monochromatic

#8D7E24 #BDAA30 #D4C357 #E0D488 #EDE6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D4C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#D4C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C357

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C357	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E3B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.130 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d48a',
    500: '#d4c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c357;
$custom-light: #e4d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81044,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C357

secondary

#3D4893

accent

#5BE245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C357

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

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