#D4C438#D4C438

#D4C438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.153 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C438
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 73.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -9.49, 67.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 68.45, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0333 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.153 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6073, 53.7645, 11.6105)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C438 #3848D4

analogous

#D47638 #D4C438 #96D438

triadic

#D4C438 #38D4C4 #C438D4

tetradic

#D4C438 #38D476 #3848D4 #D43896

square

#D4C438 #38D476 #3848D4 #D43896

split-complementary

#D4C438 #3896D4 #7638D4

monochromatic

#786E1A #AA9C25 #D4C438 #DFD36A #EAE29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D4C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#D4C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C438

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C438	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.153 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d579',
    500: '#d4c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c438;
$custom-light: #e5d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8099,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C438

secondary

#303980

accent

#51E740

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C438

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

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