#D4C440#D4C440

#D4C440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.148 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C440
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -9.11, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 65.57, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0315 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.148 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8188, 53.8491, 12.7246)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C440 #4050D4

analogous

#D47A40 #D4C440 #9AD440

triadic

#D4C440 #40D4C4 #C440D4

tetradic

#D4C440 #40D47A #4050D4 #D4409A

square

#D4C440 #40D47A #4050D4 #D4409A

split-complementary

#D4C440 #409AD4 #7A40D4

monochromatic

#7D731C #AFA127 #D4C440 #DFD372 #EAE3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#D4C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C440

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C440	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.148 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5d57d',
    500: '#d4c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c440;
$custom-light: #e5d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81045,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C440

secondary

#333C85

accent

#53E642

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C440

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

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