#D4C423#D4C423

#D4C423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.163 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C423
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 83.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -10.22, 73.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 74.62, 97.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0371 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.163 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.1970, 53.6004, 9.4496)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C423 #2333D4

analogous

#D46B23 #D4C423 #8BD423

triadic

#D4C423 #23D4C4 #C423D4

tetradic

#D4C423 #23D46B #2333D4 #D4238B

square

#D4C423 #23D46B #2333D4 #D4238B

split-complementary

#D4C423 #238BD4 #6B23D4

monochromatic

#6B6312 #9F931A #D4C423 #E2D552 #EBE286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D4C423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#D4C423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C423

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C423	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E5B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.163 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6d56f',
    500: '#d4c423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c423;
$custom-light: #e6d56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.576,
    "s": 71.66,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80883,
    "c": 0.16273,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C423

secondary

#272E75

accent

#4AEE39

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF1

border

#D6D4CB

text

#171408

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C423

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

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