#D4C44A#D4C44A

#D4C44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.141 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D4C44A
RGB	rgb(212, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -8.57, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 61.63, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0288 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.141 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1293, 53.9733, 14.3599)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D4C44A #4A5AD4

analogous

#D47F4A #D4C44A #9FD44A

triadic

#D4C44A #4AD4C4 #C44AD4

tetradic

#D4C44A #4AD47F #4A5AD4 #D44A9F

square

#D4C44A #4AD47F #4A5AD4 #D44A9F

split-complementary

#D4C44A #4A9FD4 #7F4AD4

monochromatic

#84791F #B6A62B #D4C44A #E0D47B #EBE4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#D4C44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#D4C44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D4C44A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D4C44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D4C44A	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E4B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d4c44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(212, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.141 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e4d582',
    500: '#d4c44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d4c44a;
$custom-light: #e4d582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d4c44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 212,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81126,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D4C44A

secondary

#37418B

accent

#56E543

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D4C44A

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

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