#D4C43B#D4C43B

#D4C43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.151 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C43B
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -9.35, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 67.40, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.0327 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.151 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6828, 53.7947, 12.0086)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C43B #3B4BD4

analogous

#D4773B #D4C43B #98D43B

triadic

#D4C43B #3BD4C4 #C43BD4

tetradic

#D4C43B #3BD477 #3B4BD4 #D43B98

square

#D4C43B #3BD477 #3B4BD4 #D43B98

split-complementary

#D4C43B #3B98D4 #773BD4

monochromatic

#7A701B #AC9E26 #D4C43B #DFD36D #EAE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#D4C43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#D4C43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C43B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C43B	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.151 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d57a',
    500: '#d4c43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c43b;
$custom-light: #e5d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.725,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8101,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C43B

secondary

#313A82

accent

#52E741

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C43B

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

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